TY - JOUR
T1 - Impact of food assistance programs on obesity in mothers and children
T2 - A prospective cohort study in Peru
AU - Carrillo-Larco, Rodrigo M.
AU - Miranda, J. Jaime
AU - Bernabé-Ortiz, Antonio
N1 - Funding Information:
The data used in this publication come from Young Lives, a 15-year study of the changing nature of childhood poverty in Ethiopia, India (Andhra Pradesh), Peru, and Vietnam (http://www.younglives.org.uk), which is funded by UK aid from the Department for International Development, with co-funding from 2010 to 2014 by the Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and from 2014 to 2015 by Irish Aid. R. M. Carrillo-Larco, J. J. Miranda, A. Bernabé-Ortiz, and the CRONICAS Center of Excellence in Chronic Diseases were supported by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute Global Health Initiative under the contract Global Health Activities in Developing Countries to Combat Non-communicable Chronic Diseases (project 268200900033C-1-0-1). A. Bernabé-Ortiz is currently supported by a Wellcome Trust Research Training Fellowship in Public Health and Tropical Medicine (grant 103994/Z/14/Z). The authors are thankful to Lorena Saavedra Garcia for her comments that helped define the study.
PY - 2016/7
Y1 - 2016/7
N2 - Objectives. To assess obesity risk among mothers participating in Community Kitchens and children participating in Glass of Milk (Peru food assistance programs). Methods. We analyzed prospective data from the Young Lives study. The exposure consisted in varying degrees of benefit from any of the programs (no participation in any of the programs, program participation forsome months, or program participation nearly every month) at baseline (2006-2007). The outcome was overweight and obesity in mothers and children at follow-up (2009-2010). Results. Prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity was 15.5% and 5.1%, respectively; the corresponding figures for mothers were 40.5% and 14.6%. Children exposed nearly every month to the Glass of Milk program had a 65% lower risk of becoming obese compared with children not participating in the program (relative risk [RR] = 0.35; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.18, 0.66). Mothers participating frequently in the Community Kitchens program had almost twice the risk of becoming obese compared with those who did not participate (RR = 1.93; 95% CI = 1.18, 3.15). Conclusions. Participating in food assistance programs in Peru was associated with a lower risk of obesity in children and greater risk of obesity inmothers.
AB - Objectives. To assess obesity risk among mothers participating in Community Kitchens and children participating in Glass of Milk (Peru food assistance programs). Methods. We analyzed prospective data from the Young Lives study. The exposure consisted in varying degrees of benefit from any of the programs (no participation in any of the programs, program participation forsome months, or program participation nearly every month) at baseline (2006-2007). The outcome was overweight and obesity in mothers and children at follow-up (2009-2010). Results. Prevalence of childhood overweight and obesity was 15.5% and 5.1%, respectively; the corresponding figures for mothers were 40.5% and 14.6%. Children exposed nearly every month to the Glass of Milk program had a 65% lower risk of becoming obese compared with children not participating in the program (relative risk [RR] = 0.35; 95% confidence interval [CI] = 0.18, 0.66). Mothers participating frequently in the Community Kitchens program had almost twice the risk of becoming obese compared with those who did not participate (RR = 1.93; 95% CI = 1.18, 3.15). Conclusions. Participating in food assistance programs in Peru was associated with a lower risk of obesity in children and greater risk of obesity inmothers.
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U2 - 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303191
DO - 10.2105/AJPH.2016.303191
M3 - Artículo de revisión
C2 - 27196644
AN - SCOPUS:84974632973
SN - 0090-0036
VL - 106
SP - 1301
EP - 1307
JO - American journal of public health
JF - American journal of public health
IS - 7
ER -
