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The CHECK randomized controlled trial tested whether delivering pediatric weight management interventions in the home improves weight loss outcomes relative to clinic-delivered intervention.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>METHODS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Enrolled families included 269 children (137 boys) who were aged 6 to 12\u00a0years, had overweight\/obesity, and lived in lower-income English- or Spanish-speaking households in Chicago, Illinois (2017\u20132022). All families received a 12-month pediatric weight management intervention with 18 planned in-person sessions and 12 planned telephone contacts. The sole difference between arms was the location (home vs clinic) of in-person intervention sessions. Intention-to-treat analyses compared treatment arms on 12-month change in BMI z-score (zBMI), intervention session attendance and contact time, and secondary clinical outcomes.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>RESULTS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Twelve-month zBMI change did not differ (P\u2009=\u2009.58) between the home-delivered (n\u2009=\u2009133; \u22120.031, SD\u2009=\u20090.26) and clinic-delivered arms (n\u2009=\u2009136; \u22120.002, SD\u2009=\u20090.30). Across both arms, session attendance and total contact time predicted larger decreases in zBMI. Both variables were higher in the home-delivered arm (median\u2009=\u200911 sessions, 500\u00a0minutes) than the clinic-delivered arm (median\u2009=\u20096.5 sessions, 315.5\u00a0minutes; P values\u2009&amp;lt;\u2009.001). Post hoc analyses indicated that home-delivered (vs clinic-delivered) intervention led to 0.03 (SE\u2009=\u20090.008, P\u2009=\u2009.0004) greater zBMI reductions across time points prior to the COVID-19 pandemic, but not after.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>CONCLUSIONS<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Home delivery did not improve overall 12-month weight loss outcomes. Home-delivered intervention did increase session attendance and contact time and may have had beneficial weight loss effects prior to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1542\/peds.2024-069282","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2025,3,4]],"date-time":"2025-03-04T19:03:37Z","timestamp":1741115017000},"source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Home-Delivered Pediatric Weight Management for Low-Income Families: A Randomized Controlled Trial"],"prefix":"10.1542","volume":"155","author":[{"given":"Bradley M.","family":"Appelhans","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"1Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois"},{"name":"2Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Simone 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