Find publications regarding rural health in Missouri with a focus on Body Weight.

Papers published since 2020 are included and the list is updated three times a year (April, August and December). The title of publications is italicized. The author(s) affiliated with the UM System is bolded.

If you have any questions or if you are a published author from the UM System who would like to have their health research included on this list, please contact Kate Robbins at RHRC@umsystem.edu.


Body Weight

Obesity treatment initiation, retention, and outcomes in the Veterans Affairs MOVE! Program among rural and urban veterans, Robinson KM, Vander Weg M, Laroche HH, Carrel M, Wachsmuth J, Kazembe K, Vaughan Sarrazin M. Obesity Science and Practice. 2022;8(6):784-793. DOI:10.1002/osp4.622
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9722450/

Tags: bariatric surgery, behavior therapy, drug treatment, population studies, treatment outcomes

Validation of remote height and weight assessment in a rural randomized clinical trial, Forseth B, Davis AM, Bakula DM, Murray M, Dean K, Swinburne Romine RE, Fleming K. BMC Med Res Methodol. 2022;22(1):185. DOI:10.1186/s12874-022-01669-8 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9272872/

Tags: height, weight, remote assessment, body mass index

Rural family satisfaction with telehealth delivery of an intervention for pediatric obesity and associated family characteristics, Nguyen L, Phan TL, Falini L, Chang D, Cottrell L, Dawley E, Hockett CW, VanWagoner T, Darden PM, Davis AM. Child Obes. 2023. DOI:10.1089/chi.2022.0210

Tags: pediatric, obesity, telehealth

Recruitment and reach in a school-based pediatric obesity intervention trial in rural areas, Forseth B, Lancaster B, Olalde M, Befort CA, Swinburne Romine RE, Dreyer Gillette ML, Dean KM, Nelson EL, Davis AM Front Public Health. 2023;11:1181757. DOI:10.3389/fpubh.2023.1181757 https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10267303/

Tags: RE-AIM evaluation framework; pediatric; implementation science; obesity

Effectiveness of a paediatric weight management intervention for rural youth (iAmHealthy): Primary outcomes of a cluster randomised control trial, Davis A, Lancaster B, Fleming K, Swinburne Romine R, Forseth B, Nelson EL, Dreyer Gillette M, Faith M, Sullivan DK, Pettee Gabriel K, Dean K, Olalde M.
Pediatr Obes. 2024;19(3):e13094. DOI:10.1111/ijpo.13094

Tags: weight management, intervention, obesity, telehealth