Research
Helping children reach healthier weights may start with one change
Earth.com · By Eric Ralls ·
The Brief
- A Boston University School of Public Health team tested asking families to change just one thing to help children reach healthier weights.
- The source contrasts this with programs that ask for many simultaneous changes such as more exercise, better meals and earlier bedtimes, which the article says are hard to sustain at home.
- The source excerpt does not report the study's results.
Why it matters
It explores whether a narrower, single-change approach could be easier for families to keep up than multi-part weight programs.
Who’s affected
- Families of children seeking healthier weights
- Researchers and clinicians designing pediatric weight programs
- #childhood obesity
- #pediatrics
- #public health
- #behavior change
- #family health
Most programs that try to help children reach a healthier weight ask families to change a lot at once: more exercise , better meals, earlier bedtimes. Those plans are hard to keep going at home. A team at Boston University School of Public Health tried asking for one change…
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Helping children reach healthier weights may start with one change
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