Pediatric Obesity
Conditions
Keywords
fathers
Brief summary
This pilot study evaluates the feasibility and impact of a father-focused childhood obesity prevention program on paternal food-related parenting practices, mealtime behaviors and father/child nutrition and physical activity behaviors. Half of participants (low-income father and child dyads) will receive an intervention immediately while the other half of participants will serve as a wait-list control group and receive the intervention at a later date.
Detailed description
All participants (low-income father and child dyads) will receive an 8 session (2 hours/session) (DAD) including community-based, hands-on, nutrition and parent education intervention with between-session technology enhancements. Dyads will be randomly assigned within groups of 10 to DAD or a wait-list control group (DELAY). Assessments will be conducted at pre, post and 1 month post including a subset of data from cohabiting mothers to assess moderating influences on outcomes.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALNutrition and Parenting Intervention
The proposed intervention will evaluate and explore the unique influences that low-income fathers have on their preschool age children's obesogenic behaviors and obesity risk.
Sponsors
Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
University of Connecticut
Study design
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE (Caregiver)
Masking description
The interventionists will not be aware of whether participants are in the intervention or wait-list control group.
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
MALE
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* Father eligible for a federal food assistance or related program (e.g. SNAP) or living in an area with \>30% poverty * Having at least one preschool age child (ages 3-5 years old) * At least 18 years of age and able to speak English
Exclusion criteria
* No presence or interaction with child during meal or snack times.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire | Change from baseline at 8 weeks | Food-related parenting practices including parental support, control, structure, feeding |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Father & child diet quality | Change from baseline at 8 weeks | Diet quality assessed using Healthy Eating Index (24 hour recall) |
| Father & child BMI/BMI Z-Score | Change from baseline at 8 weeks | — |
| Meals in Our Household questionnaire | Change from baseline at 8 weeks | Mealtime behaviors and practices including shopping, meal planning, cooking, family meals |
| Healthy Kids Questionnaire | Change from baseline at 8 weeks | Father and child nutrition behaviors including vegetable and sweetened beverage intake frequency & Physical activity behaviors including play and screen time |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed