Pediatrics – Johns Hopkins Medicine Podcasts

Dec 16 2024 10 ep. 1 mins 3

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Text messages meeting people where they are allow children to avoid becoming obese, Elizabeth Tracey reports

Dec 16 2024 1 mins

Childhood obesity is a worldwide problem with long term health implications, especially cardiovascular disease. Now a study co-led by Johns Hopkins pediatrics expert Eliana Perrin has shown a personalized program of text messages to parents of very young infants staved off obesity in the first two years of life. Perrin: We built it to be easy. When we were building this we were bui

Childhood obesity rates keep rising, but a text based intervention can help.

Dec 16 2024 1 mins

While childhood obesity is a widespread problem, the children who are most at risk to develop this disabling condition are already those with fewer educational opportunities and lower income. Now an intervention using text messages helps to close this gap by preventing the development of obesity in very early childhood. Eliana Perrin, a Johns Hopkins pediatrics expert, explains. Pe

Helping kids most at risk for obesity is possible, Elizabeth Tracey reports

Dec 16 2024 1 mins

Childhood obesity is a worldwide problem that keeps accelerating, with the kids most at risk from already disadvantaged groups. Now a study co-led by Johns Hopkins pediatrics expert Eliana Perrin shows that a comprehensive texting intervention helps, with kids whose parents got text messages maintaining a healthy growth trajectory for their first two years of life. And that’s uni

Parents were pivotal in the success of a study to prevent childhood obesity, Elizabeth Tracey reports

Dec 16 2024 1 mins

New parents are motivated people. That’s one observation from a new study co-led by Johns Hopkins pediatrics expert Eliana Perrin using a text-based intervention to prevent early childhood obesity. Perrin says parents both helped design the intervention and were participants. Perrin: We had a lot of people who were very willing to be part of our project in both arms of the study.

Getting to kids and parents very early in life may be key to preventing obesity, Elizabeth Tracey reports

Dec 16 2024 1 mins

Can a texting intervention to parents of very young children prevent the development of obesity in their offspring? A study co-led by Johns Hopkins pediatrics expert Eliana Perrin shows the answer is yes. Perrin: We enrolled 900 kids. We did it from six academic medical centers and those six centers were affiliated with lots and lots of clinics, some of which were teaching clinics

Parents are invaluable when it comes to avoiding childhood obesity, Elizabeth Tracey reports

Dec 09 2024 1 mins

Engaging parents in developing a host of text messages around healthy behaviors for infants and young children was pivotal to the success of a study showing it is possible to avoid childhood obesity. The study, co-led by Johns Hopkins pediatrics expert Eliana Perrin, kept young children on healthy weight trajectories for two years. Perrin: We had parents helping us develop all the

Specific text messages to parents help slow down childhood obesity, Elizabeth Tracey reports

Dec 09 2024 1 mins

How can we stem the rising tide of childhood obesity? Start in infancy and engage parents personally. That’s the conclusion of a study co-led by Eliana Perrin, a pediatrics expert and study author, using a variety of text messages crafted as goals sent to parents beginning when their children were very young. Perrin: We would have messages around not needing to start sugar sweete

What sorts of messages help parents prevent obesity in their young children? Elizabeth Tracey reports

Dec 09 2024 1 mins

Obesity is a complex condition that all too often begins in childhood. Now a comprehensive program using educational materials and personalized text messages has been shown to enable parents to stave off the early development of obesity in their young children. Eliana Perrin, a Johns Hopkins pediatrics expert, co-led the study. Perrin: The messages were in the areas of feeding, phy

Can texting prevent obesity in young children? Elizabeth Tracey reports

Dec 09 2024 1 mins

With about one in five children in the US falling into the obese range, trying to find a way to intervene effectively is top of mind for many pediatricians and public health experts. That’s because childhood obesity paves the way for diabetes, cardiovascular disease and a host of other health problems. Now a study co-led by Eliana Perrin, a pediatrics expert at Johns Hopkins, has

A comprehensive text program can help prevent childhood obesity, Elizabeth Tracey reports

Dec 09 2024 1 mins

Preventing obesity in young children is possible using a program of texting new parents, a study co-led by Johns Hopkins pediatrics expert Eliana Perrin has shown. All parents enrolled in the study received written information on sleep, diet, activity and screentime. Perrin: Half the parents got that intervention. The other half got that plus a texting intervention. The texting int