Kamp K'aana, a 2-Week Residential Weight Management Summer Camp, Shows Long-Term Improvement in Body Mass Index z Scores.
Long-term effects of Kamp K'aana, a 2-week residential weight management camp, on body mass index (BMI) measures were evaluated on 71 of 108 (66%) obese youth 10 to 14 years of age. Measures were obtained at 11-month study follow-up (n = 38) or extracted from medical record (n = 33). Compared with baseline, BMI increased (P < 0.001), but both BMI percentile and BMI z score decreased (98.7 ± 1.0 to 97.3 ± 6.7 and 2.34 ± 0.30 to 2.23 ± 0.34, P < 0.001). A decrease in BMI z score of ≥0.2 units was seen in 27% of the participants (P < 0.001). The short program has sustained effect.
*Brighter Bites, North Texas Food Bank, Dallas †Michael and Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, The University of Texas School of Public Health, Houston ‡Children's Gastroenterology MCSG, Long Beach, CA §Baylor College of Medicine, USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center ||Texas Children's Hospital/Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
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D000293:Adolescent; D015992:Body Mass Index; D001835:Body Weight; D002165:Camping; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D063766:Pediatric Obesity / Q000628:therapy*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D015431:Weight Loss / Q000502:physiology*; D061217:Weight Reduction Programs / Q000379:methods*