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JOURNAL OF IMMIGRANT AND MINORITY HEALTH
Volume 19, Issue 2, Pages 254-262Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10903-016-0460-9
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Child; Obesity, prevention and control; Diet; Sedentary lifestyle
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- Baden-Wurttemberg foundation
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Children with migration background (MB) appear to be at higher risk of developing obesity, therefore, prevention is necessary to avoid possible health inequalities. This study investigated a 1-year intervention with focus on increasing physical activity (PA) and fruit and vegetable intake (FVI), decreasing screen media use (SMU) and soft drink consumption (SDC) in children with MB. 525 children (7.1 +/- 0.7 years) with MB who participated in the cluster-randomised study were assessed at baseline and after 1 year. Daily SMU, PA behaviours, SDC and FVI were assessed using a parental questionnaire. After one year, significant effects were found in the intervention group for FVI (p 0.035). Partially strong tendencies but no significant differences were found for PA and SDC. Although the effects are small, the intervention seems to reach children with MB. An intervention lasting longer than one year might result in more changes.
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