Real‐world effectiveness of the Bright Bodies healthy lifestyle intervention for childhood obesity
Authors' conclusion
These results suggest sustained clinical effectiveness of Bright Bodies in the context of real-world adaptations.
Study context
- Population
- Youth enrolled in Bright Bodies 2008–2018; mean age 11.7 (SD 2.8) years, 61.6% female, 37.1% non-Hispanic Black, 26.3% Hispanic or Latino, 53.8% public insurance, 80.1% severe obesity
- Participants
- 396 participants
- Outcome
- Monthly change in BMI as % of the 95th percentile (%BMIp95) during first beginner-level program
Methodological detailsreal-world, linear mixed-effects models
- Real-world
- Linear mixed-effects models
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Monthly change in %BMIp95 during first beginner-level program · first program (mean duration: 10 weeks)
Mean reduction in %BMIp95 per month (95% CI 1.44%-1.82%), adjusted for age, sex, season and year, starting %BMIp95, race and ethnicity, and insurance category
1.63%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
Predictors of greater %BMIp95 reduction
- Greater reduction associated with male vs female sex, spring/fall vs winter seasons, enrollment in 2008 to 2018 vs 2015 to 2018, and higher starting %BMIp95
- p value for all <0.001
Original publication
Real‐world effectiveness of the Bright Bodies healthy lifestyle intervention for childhood obesity. Obesity (Silver Spring). Published 10 December 2022. doi:10.
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