Participants were 186 minority youth at risk for behavior
problems who enrolled in long-term follow-up studies after random
assignment to family intervention or control condition at age 4.
Follow-up Study 1 included 40 girls at familial risk for behavior
problems; Follow-up Study 2 included 146 boys and girls at risk for
behavior problems based on teacher ratings. Family intervention
aimed to promote effective parenting and prevent behavior problems
during early childhood; it did not focus on physical health. BMI and
health behaviors were measured an average of 5 years after
intervention in Study 1 and 3 years after intervention in Study 2.