Lee Sanders|Eliana M. Perrin|H. Shonna Yin|Andrea B. Bronaugh|Russell L. Rothman
“Greenlight Study”: A Controlled Trial of Low-Literacy, Early Childhood Obesity Prevention
Stanford University|University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill|Bellevue Hospital Center|New York University|Pediatrics and Genetics|Vanderbilt University Medical Center|Vanderbilt University Medical Center
children become overweight age 2 years significantly greater risks longterm health problems children lowincome communities rates low adult literacy highest increased risk developing obesity objective greenlight intervention study assess effectiveness lowliteracy primarycare intervention reduction early childhood obesity 4 primarycare pediatric residency training sites across us 865 infantparent dyads enrolled 2month wellchild checkup followed 24month wellchild checkup two sites randomly assigned intervention sites assigned attentioncontrol arm implementing american academy pediatrics injury prevention program intervention consists interactive educational toolkit including lowliteracy materials designed use wellchild visits cliniciancentered curriculum providing lowliteracy guidance obesity prevention study powered detect 10 difference number children overweight bmi 85 24 months outcome measures include observed physicianparent communication well parentreported information child dietary intake physical activity injuryprevention behaviors study designed inform evidencebased standards early childhood obesity prevention generally inform optimal approaches lowliteracy messages health literacy training primary preventive care article describes conceptual model study design intervention content baseline characteristics study population