Effects of a Faith-Based Obesity Intervention on African American and Latino Adults' Children.

Community health equity research & policy Pub Date : 2024-02-26 DOI:10.1177/2752535X241235992

Lilian G Perez, Karen R Flόrez, Rachana Seelam, Malcolm V Williams, Kathryn P Derose

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Abstract

Background: Faith-based interventions are promising for promoting healthy behaviors among adults, but their ripple effects on participants' children are unknown. This study is one of the first to assess the effects of a faith-based multilevel obesity intervention on adult participants' children.

Methods: We analyzed quantitative data from a cluster randomized controlled trial with two African American and two Latino churches in South Los Angeles, California, which invited adult participants to enroll one child (5-17 years) in a sub-study. At baseline and 6-7 months follow-up, parents completed a child health survey, which included the family nutrition and physical activity screening tool, and child height and weight were measured (n = 50).

Results: Results from linear regression models showed children of intervention participants, compared to control, had significantly better dietary patterns at follow-up.

Conclusions: Findings suggest the health benefits of a faith-based multilevel obesity intervention for adults can extend to children and may help address obesity disparities.

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基于信仰的肥胖症干预措施对非洲裔美国人和拉丁裔成年人子女的影响。

背景：基于信仰的干预措施在促进成人健康行为方面大有可为，但其对参与者子女的连锁反应尚不清楚。本研究是首批评估基于信仰的多层次肥胖干预对成年参与者子女影响的研究之一：我们分析了一项群集随机对照试验的定量数据，该试验在加利福尼亚州南洛杉矶市的两个非裔美国人和两个拉丁裔美国人教会进行，邀请成年参与者将一名儿童（5-17 岁）纳入子研究。在基线和 6-7 个月的随访中，家长填写了一份儿童健康调查，其中包括家庭营养和体育锻炼筛查工具，并测量了儿童的身高和体重（n = 50）：线性回归模型的结果显示，与对照组相比，干预参与者的子女在随访时的饮食模式明显更好：研究结果表明，以信仰为基础的多层次肥胖症干预措施对成人的健康益处可延伸至儿童，并可能有助于解决肥胖症差异问题。

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Community health equity research & policy

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