Intervention programs targeting parents to manage childhood overweight and obesity have emerged
based on parents influence on the health behaviors of their children. The purpose of this review was to
systematically evaluate intervention programs targeting parents to manage childhood overweight and
obesity using the Reach, Efficacy, Adopt, Implementation, and Maintenance (RE-AIM) framework.
There was a moderate risk of bias across all studies. The overall proportion of studies (n = 7) reporting
on each dimension of the RE-AIM framework ranged from 78.6% (reach) to 23.8% (maintenance). The
majority of intervention programs demonstrated improvement in child BMI. However intervention
programs did not reach families of diverse race/ethnicity, were provided by highly trained professionals,
and demonstrated high attrition, thus limiting generalizability.