We need additional studies to answer this question, especially studies with greater number of participants, greater program exposure hoodia capsule among participants and longer participant followup,” said Showell, of Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore.
Other studies have shown that family influence and home environment hoodiap57 play an important role in preventing childhood obesity, which affects about 17 percent of American children, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
For the review, the researchers analyzed the results of the six best studies on home based programs for kids. Three included diet and exercise, one was hoodia capsule on diet alone and two also included primary care or school programs. The kids ranged from two to 18 years old.
“Most programs involved educating children and their parents or family about healthy diet and physical activity choices (i.e. increasing fruit and vegetable intake, increasing daily physical activity, decreasing TV/computer hoodia pills screen time, etc.),” Showell told Reuters Health by email.
Some, but not all, included actual exercise sessions, she said.
The studies either compared the home-based program to another program or to a comparison group of kids not enrolled in any program. All measured the kids’ weight or body mass index (BMI), an indication of body fat percentage, at least one year after the program had ended, to see if it had any effect.