Journal article
Reducing obesity in early childhood: Results from Romp & Chomp, an Australian community-wide intervention program
AM De Silva-Sanigorski, AC Bell, P Kremer, M Nichols, M Crellin, M Smith, S Sharp, F De Groot, L Carpenter, R Boak, N Robertson, BA Swinburn
American Journal of Clinical Nutrition | OXFORD UNIV PRESS | Published : 2010
Abstract
Background: There is growing evidence that community-based interventions can reduce childhood obesity in older children. Objective: We aimed to determine the effectiveness of the Romp & Chomp intervention in reducing obesity and promoting healthy eating and active play in children aged 0-5 y. Design: Romp & Chomp was a community-wide, multisetting, multistrategy intervention conducted in Australia from 2004 to 2008. The intervention occurred in a large regional city (Geelong) with a target group of 12,000 children and focused on community capacity building and environmental (political, sociocultural, and physical) changes to increase healthy eating and active play in early-childhood care and..
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Funding Acknowledgements
Partly supported by the Departments of Human Services and Education and Early Childhood Development, the City of Greater Geelong, Geelong, Australia; Barwon Health, Newcomb, Australia; Deakin University, Geelong, Australia; Leisure Networks Association, Geelong, Australia; and the Department of Health and Ageing, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, Australia. Also partly supported by a VicHealth fellowship (ACB and AMdS-S) and by an Australian Research Council Australian Postgraduate Award (MN). Substantial in-kind contributions and resources were also provided by these organizations and many other organizations, particularly Dental Health Services Victoria and Kids-Go For Your Life. A total of 111,200 Australian dollars was available for intervention implementation in addition to the substantial in-kind support from all partner organizations (in the form of resources, staff, project workers, infrastructure and access to data and services, etc). In addition to support, Deakin University also provided training and evaluation for the project.