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A family based intervention targeting parents of preschool children with overweight and obesity: Conceptual framework and study design of LOOPS - Lund Overweight and Obesity Preschool Study

Önnerfält, Jenny LU ; Erlandsson, Lena-Karin LU ; Orban, Kristina LU ; Broberg Olsson, Malin LU and Thorngren-Jerneck, Kristina LU (2012) In BMC Public Health 12(Article nr. 12).
Abstract
As the rate of overweight among children is rising there is a need for evidence-based research that will clarify what the best interventional strategies to normalize weight development are. The overall aim of the Lund Overweight and Obesity Preschool Study (LOOPS) is to evaluate if a family-based intervention, targeting parents of preschool children with overweight and obesity, has a long-term positive effect on weight development of the children. The hypothesis is that preschool children with overweight and obesity, whose parents participate in a one-year intervention, both at completion of the one-year intervention and at long term follow up (2-, 3- and 5-years) will have reduced their BMI-for-age z-score.
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Intervention study, Parent, Child, Obesity, Preschool, Overweight
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BMC Public Health
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12
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Article nr. 12
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BioMed Central (BMC)
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1471-2458
DOI
10.1186/1471-2458-12-879
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English
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  author       = {{Önnerfält, Jenny and Erlandsson, Lena-Karin and Orban, Kristina and Broberg Olsson, Malin and Thorngren-Jerneck, Kristina}},
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  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{Article nr. 12}},
  publisher    = {{BioMed Central (BMC)}},
  series       = {{BMC Public Health}},
  title        = {{A family based intervention targeting parents of preschool children with overweight and obesity: Conceptual framework and study design of LOOPS - Lund Overweight and Obesity Preschool Study}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-12-879}},
  doi          = {{10.1186/1471-2458-12-879}},
  volume       = {{12}},
  year         = {{2012}},
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