title: "Moving and losing": A pilot study incorporating physical activity to decrease obesity in the pediatric population.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study was developed as a pilot study to determine if targeted interventions regarding increasing physical activity level through the use of pedometers and fitness DVDs would result in a decrease in BMI in overweight or obese children.
  
  
  METHODS
  24 children aged 4-17 taking part in "Moving and Losing" were randomized to (1) Control Group; (2) Pedometer Group; (3) DVD Group; (4) Pedometer + DVD Group and asked to complete self-report physical activity logs at visit one and two. Baseline, midpoint, and endpoint weight, height, Body Mass Index (BMI) were measured for outcome variables.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Almost half (42%) of participants turned in their activity logs and pedometers at midpoint, but at endpoint less than a quarter of participants turned in their pedometers and/or activity logs. BMI increased by 4.1% in the Control Group, 8.7% in the Pedometer Group, and 6.7% in the DVD Group. BMI decreased by 0.3% in the Pedometer + DVD Group.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The use of pedometers and fitness DVDs may not be culturally acceptable in African-American female children and adolescents from South Carolina who are overweight or obese. Further studies should look into in-depth needs assessments and planning processes that include participants as stakeholders.
authors.forename: Louisa Houston
authors.initials: LH
authors.lastname: Vann
authors.forename: Fatima Cody
authors.initials: FC
authors.lastname: Stanford
authors.forename: Martin W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Durkin
authors.forename: Alison
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hanna
authors.forename: Lisa M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Knight
authors.forename: James Rast
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Stallworth
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D015444:Exercise; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D018670:Monitoring, Ambulatory / Q000295:instrumentation; D063766:Pediatric Obesity / Q000517:prevention & control*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D016138:Walking; D015431:Weight Loss