Preventing childhood obesity in early care and education settings: lessons from two intervention studies

摘要

BackgroundObesity prevention in young children is a public health priority. In the USA, nearly 10% of children less than 5years of age are obese, and most attend some form of out-of-home child care. While a number of interventions have been conducted in early care and education settings, few have targeted the youngest children in care or the less formal types of child care like family child care homes. Additionally, only two previous studies provided recommendations to help inform future interventions.