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Studies have found that this requires parents and clinicians to make changes in early life care
In the United States, the rate of childhood obesity is at a historically high level, but there are few interventions to promote healthy weight gain in children from infancy to 2 years of age-this is a critical period for the development and prevention of childhood obesity
A new study published in the journal Pediatrics found that when low-income pregnant women receive personalized health guidance from clinicians in community health centers and public health programs, they systematically change the care they provide to women and their babies In this way, the baby’s overweight situation will be reduced
"Most interventions to prevent childhood obesity try to change the behavior of the child's parent or family," the lead author of the study and head of the General Academic Pediatrics Department at Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH) Elsie Tavilas Explained
This new intervention, called "First 1,000 Days" (First 1,000 Days), has the potential to have a broader impact on childhood obesity because it covers all women and babies
Taveras said: "If all obstetricians pay close attention to the problem of women being overweight during pregnancy, and if all pediatricians are trained to recognize infant weight gain, we can more effectively prevent childhood obesity
The "First 1000 Days" project also began to fight obesity from the first three months of pregnancy, focusing on low-income families, because these families have the highest risk of childhood obesity
The researchers compared the weight results of women and babies receiving intervention and routine care
The intervention has two goals: to promote the adoption of healthy behaviors by women and infants, and to make systemic changes in the clinical care received by women and infants
Compared with infants receiving regular infant care, the risk of being overweight at 6 months was reduced by 54% in the intervention group, and the risk of being overweight at 12 months was reduced by 40%
Taveras said: "The first six weeks of postpartum are very important to positively influence a woman's health trajectory, so we may need more forceful interventions to achieve postpartum weight loss
Taveras added that changing the medical system is expected to improve the health of all women and their babies in community health centers and public health programs
The next step in the research is to find the best way to extend interventions to other health systems that care for low-income families, and to train first-line clinicians on how to implement plans to prevent childhood obesity
The main funding for this research was provided by the Boston Foundation and the National Institutes of Health