Improving dietary habits and feeding practices in the critical early phases of life using e-learning resources

Conditions

Promotion of healthy dietary habits in early life Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine

Lian H, Øverby NC, Vik FN, Medin AC, Osorio NG, Helle C, Bjørkkjær T, Love P, Rutter H, Barker ME, Hillesund ER, Helland SH.

2025-01-13

10.1186/s40795-024-00990-3

Enhancing core components for a digital "healthy eating" resource in early childhood and care settings: staff's perceptions and needs.

Helland SH, Bjørkkjaer T, Vejrup K, Øverby NC.

2024-10-30

10.1186/s12889-024-20456-2

Implementing an early-life nutrition intervention through primary healthcare: staff perspectives

Natalie Garzon Osorio, Frøydis Nordgård Vik, Christine Helle, Elisabet Rudjord Hillesund, Nina Cecilie Øverby et al. (15 authors)

BMC Health Services Research2024-09-201 citations

10.1186/s12913-024-11582-z

"I'm not sure whether I will implement it": exploring barriers and facilitators to implementing a digital "healthy eating" resource in early education and care settings - teachers' perspectives.

Helland SH, Vejrup K, Overby NC.

2024-06-052 citations

10.1186/s12889-024-19014-7

Scaling up evidence-based digital early life nutrition interventions in a county setting: an implementation trial – protocol for Phase 2 of the Nutrition Now project

Anine Christine Medin, Frøydis Nordgård Vik, Christine Helle, Sissel Heidi Helland, Andrew K. Wills et al. (22 authors)

Frontiers in Public Health2024-01-094 citations

10.3389/fpubh.2023.1326787

Evaluating the effectiveness and implementation of evidence-based early-life nutrition interventions in a community setting a hybrid type 1 non-randomized trial – the Nutrition Now project protocol

Nina Cecilie Øverby, Elisabet Rudjord Hillesund, Sissel Heidi Helland, Christine Helle, Andrew K. Wills et al. (23 authors)

Frontiers in Endocrinology2023-01-1012 citations

10.3389/fendo.2022.1071489

Interventions

We have previously developed several interventions targeting pregnancy diet, parental feeding practices in relation to child diet, and early childhood education and care (ECEC) diet. These interventio

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Pregnant women 2. Parents of children aged 0 to 2 years old 3. Kindergarten staff 4. Municipality personnel 5. Persons from marginalized groups

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Does not meet the inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Current primary outcome measure as of 28/09/2022: Aspects of child diet quality, represented by intake of vegetables, fruits and berries, legumes/pulses and sugar sweetened beverages. Measured by questionnaires at baseline and at different ages depending on the age of the child when included in the study (at 6 weeks, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months) _____ Previous primary outcome measure: Diet and diet-related behaviors in early life, measured by questionnaires at baseline and at different ages depending on the age of the child when included in the study (at 6 weeks, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months)	—

Measure

Time frame

Current primary outcome measure as of 28/09/2022: Aspects of child diet quality, represented by intake of vegetables, fruits and berries, legumes/pulses and sugar sweetened beverages. Measured by questionnaires at baseline and at different ages depending on the age of the child when included in the study (at 6 weeks, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months) _____ Previous primary outcome measure: Diet and diet-related behaviors in early life, measured by questionnaires at baseline and at different ages depending on the age of the child when included in the study (at 6 weeks, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months)

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Parental and kindergarten staff feeding practices measured by questionnaires at baseline and 6 months (kindergarten), and at child ages 6 weeks, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months 2. Maternal diet during pregnancy, measured by questionnaire at baseline 3. Maternal quality-of-life (pregnancy and later), measured with the Satisfaction with Life Scale at baseline 4. Breastfeeding rates, measured by questionnaire at baseline, ages 6 and 12 months 5. Anthropometric measures (parental and child), measured by self-reporting at baseline and at 6 weeks, 6 months, 12 months, and 18 months 6. Health-related quality of life (infant), measured with the Infant Quality of Life Scale at 6 weeks, 6 months, 12 months, and 18 months 7. Implementation costs, estimated through the study period 8. Child development, measured by Ages and Stages questionnaire at 18 months 9. Cost-effectiveness, evaluated using points 5, 6, 7, and 8 above at 18 months (added 28/09/2022) 10. Child eating enjoyment measured by Child Eating Enjoyment Scale (Data will be collected from ECEC staff at baseline and post-intervention (7 months after intervention start) and data will be collected from parents in at child age 12 months, 18 and 24 months) 11. Pregnancy complications measured by questionnaire (parental questionnaires at child age 6 weeks) 12. ECEC fruit and vegetable availability measured by receipts of fruit and vegetables bought (pre intervention and continuously until the end of data collection) 13. Municipal spend on activities related to early childhood nutrition and feeding practices (budget data from 2021-2024)	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Parental and kindergarten staff feeding practices measured by questionnaires at baseline and 6 months (kindergarten), and at child ages 6 weeks, 6 months, 12 months, 18 months, 24 months 2. Maternal diet during pregnancy, measured by questionnaire at baseline 3. Maternal quality-of-life (pregnancy and later), measured with the Satisfaction with Life Scale at baseline 4. Breastfeeding rates, measured by questionnaire at baseline, ages 6 and 12 months 5. Anthropometric measures (parental and child), measured by self-reporting at baseline and at 6 weeks, 6 months, 12 months, and 18 months 6. Health-related quality of life (infant), measured with the Infant Quality of Life Scale at 6 weeks, 6 months, 12 months, and 18 months 7. Implementation costs, estimated through the study period 8. Child development, measured by Ages and Stages questionnaire at 18 months 9. Cost-effectiveness, evaluated using points 5, 6, 7, and 8 above at 18 months (added 28/09/2022) 10. Child eating enjoyment measured by Child Eating Enjoyment Scale (Data will be collected from ECEC staff at baseline and post-intervention (7 months after intervention start) and data will be collected from parents in at child age 12 months, 18 and 24 months) 11. Pregnancy complications measured by questionnaire (parental questionnaires at child age 6 weeks) 12. ECEC fruit and vegetable availability measured by receipts of fruit and vegetables bought (pre intervention and continuously until the end of data collection) 13. Municipal spend on activities related to early childhood nutrition and feeding practices (budget data from 2021-2024)

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Countries

Norway

Outcome results

None listed