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| Title |
Evaluation of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of Families for Health V2 for the treatment of childhood obesity: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial
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| Published in |
Trials, March 2013
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| DOI | 10.1186/1745-6215-14-81 |
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| Authors |
Wendy Robertson, Sarah Stewart-Brown, Nigel Stallard, Stavros Petrou, Frances Griffiths, Margaret Thorogood, Douglas Simkiss, Rebecca Lang, Kate Reddington, Fran Poole, Gloria Rye, Kamran A Khan, Thomas Hamborg, Joanna Kirby |
| Abstract |
Effective programs to help children manage their weight are required. Families for Health focuses on a parenting approach, designed to help parents develop their parenting skills to support lifestyle change within the family. Families for Health V1 showed sustained reductions in overweight after 2 years in a pilot evaluation, but lacks a randomized controlled trial (RCT) evidence base. |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 352 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Chile | 1 | <1% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Portugal | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 349 | 99% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 66 | 19% |
| Researcher | 48 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 35 | 10% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 31 | 9% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 22 | 6% |
| Other | 55 | 16% |
| Unknown | 95 | 27% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Medicine and Dentistry | 74 | 21% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 42 | 12% |
| Psychology | 38 | 11% |
| Sports and Recreations | 25 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 16 | 5% |
| Other | 45 | 13% |
| Unknown | 112 | 32% |