Results of a Multidisciplinary Treatment Program in 3-Year-Old to 5-Year-Old Overweight or Obese Children

Abstract

To assess the effects of a multidisciplinary intervention program for 3-year-old to 5-year-old overweight and obese children compared with a usual-care program.

Effects of physical activity on anthropometric characteristics in school-age children: A review study

“…However, Kain et al, 2004 did not show statistically significant differences in skin folds of the triceps, while the differences between the control and experimental groups in waist circumference were observed (p < .01). Also, these differences in waist circumference (p < .01) can be seen in other studies (Bocca et al, 2012).…”

Effects of Exercise Intervention on Health-Related Physical Fitness and Blood Pressure in Preschool Children: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

“…There is some evidence from RCTs that preschoolers at special risk (e.g. migrant, minority, overweight, or low-socioeconomic status) can benefit most from these interventions [28,32,35]. Our subgroup analysis revealed that physical exercisealone interventions resulted in larger body mass index and waist circumference reductions relative to the overall results, which is in contrast to another review that suggested that, for example parental involvement accentuates the beneficial effects of interventions [49].…”

Effect on BMI of a multi-component treatment with E-modules for 3–8-year-old obese children

“…However, this effect is often not representative to the effect of clinical intervention due to low external validity (Singal et al 2014). The drop-out rate of 20% in our study is comparable to what is found in the literature (Kleber et al 2009;Stark et al 2011), and seemed to be similar as RCT's on treating childhood obesity (Bocca et al 2012). However, our sample is small and therefore results should be taken with caution.…”

“…A mean reduction in BMI z-score of 0.45 was found comparable with that of multicomponent moderate or high-intensity programs treating overweight (including obese) young children (Kleber et al 2009;Stark et al 2011;Bocca et al 2012;van Hoek et al 2014). A reduction of 0.5 in BMI z-score is clinically relevant given that it is associated with a reduction in cardiovascular risk factors and insulin resistance in children 4-15 years of age .…”