Feeding healthy food to kids - the role of parents

Conditions

None listed

Brief summary

The aim of this proposed study is to find out whether the use of interactive electronic nutrition and parenting resources will provide parents with the skills and knowledge required to change their child feeding practices. This will result in children aged 2 – 5 years (whose parents are part of the study) increasing vegetable consumption and decreasing consumption of sweetened drinks and foods that are high in fat, salt or sugar when compared to the control group who are provided with traditional written nutrition education resources that are targeted at the same key nutrition messages.

Duncanson K, Burrows T, Collins C.

2012-07-2812 citations

10.1186/1471-2458-12-564

Interventions

The resource pack that the intervention group will receive will include the Tummy Rumbles CD and Raising Children DVD with accompanying instructions on how to optimally use the resources over the ensuing three and nine months intervention period. These resources are to both be used at parents' discretion. The media contain nutrition and parenting information and strategies for parents of children aged 2 - 5 years (topics include five food groups, fussy eating, label reading, child feeding). A pe

The resource pack that the intervention group will receive will include the Tummy Rumbles CD and Raising Children DVD with accompanying instructions on how to optimally use the resources over the ensuing three and nine months intervention period. These resources are to both be used at parents' discretion. The media contain nutrition and parenting information and strategies for parents of children aged 2 - 5 years (topics include five food groups, fussy eating, label reading, child feeding). A pen and paper survey to evaluate the acceptability and utilisation of these media will be conducted at the conclusion of the study ( 9 months)

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Prevention

Masking

Open (masking not used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

2 Years to 5 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

Parents of children aged 2 - 5 years

Exclusion criteria

Chronic childhood dieases eg Type 1 diabetes, coeliac disease

Outcome results