Abstract

This proposal is designed to develop activity-based interventions to prevent obesity in normal weight 6-11 year olds who are at high risk of becoming obese due to parental obesity. Families will be assigned to one of three groups of family-based interventions: increased activity, decreased access to sedentary behaviors that compete with being active, and educational control. After six months of intervention, families will be followed at 12 months and then annually to evaluate treatment outcome.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health & Human Development (NICHD)
Type
Research Project (R01)
Project #
5R01HD034284-02
Application #
2403603
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZRG2-HUD-2 (02))
Project Start
1996-05-01
Project End
2000-04-30
Budget Start
1997-05-01
Budget End
1998-04-30
Support Year
2
Fiscal Year
1997
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
State University of New York at Buffalo
Department
Psychology
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
038633251
City
Buffalo
State
NY
Country
United States
Zip Code
14260

  Publications

Goldfield, Gary S; Epstein, Leonard H (2002) Can fruits and vegetables and activities substitute for snack foods? Health Psychol 21:299-303
Epstein, L H; Roemmich, J N (2001) Reducing sedentary behavior: role in modifying physical activity. Exerc Sport Sci Rev 29:103-8
Epstein, L H; Paluch, R A; Raynor, H A (2001) Sex differences in obese children and siblings in family-based obesity treatment. Obes Res 9:746-53
Epstein, L H; Gordy, C C; Raynor, H A et al. (2001) Increasing fruit and vegetable intake and decreasing fat and sugar intake in families at risk for childhood obesity. Obes Res 9:171-8
Raynor, H A; Epstein, L H (2001) Dietary variety, energy regulation, and obesity. Psychol Bull 127:325-41
Epstein, L H; Roemmich, J N; Raynor, H A (2001) Behavioral therapy in the treatment of pediatric obesity. Pediatr Clin North Am 48:981-93
Epstein, L H; Paluch, R A; Kalakanis, L E et al. (2001) How much activity do youth get? A quantitative review of heart-rate measured activity. Pediatrics 108:E44
Kalakanis, L E; Goldfield, G S; Paluch, R A et al. (2001) Parental activity as a determinant of activity level and patterns of activity in obese children. Res Q Exerc Sport 72:202-9
Epstein, L H; Wu, Y W; Paluch, R A et al. (2000) Asthma and maternal body mass index are related to pediatric body mass index and obesity: results from the Third National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey. Obes Res 8:575-81
Raynor, H A; Epstein, L H (2000) Effects of sensory stimulation and post-ingestive consequences on satiation. Physiol Behav 70:465-70

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