The Relationship Between Dietary Intake and Parental Support with Child Cooking Involvement in a Youth Population (FS16-03-19)

Abstract Objectives This study assessed how child cooking involvement (CCI) and parental support in food preparation (PS) are related to vegetable preference (VP), vegetable intake (VI), and fruit intake (FI) in children participating in the Texas, Grow! Eat! Go! (TGEG) randomized controlled trial. Methods Baseline data from the TGEG intervention, conducted in 28 low-income, primarily Hispanic schools across Texas, was used for this study, and included 1325 3rd grade students and their parents. Schools were assigned to: (1) control group; (2) school garden intervention [Learn, Grow, Eat & Go! (LGEG)]; (3) physical activity intervention [Walk Across Texas (WAT)]; or (4) combined group (LGEG plus WAT). Height (via stadiometer), weight (via Tanita scale), dietary intake and CCI (via child questionnaire), and PS (via parent questionnaire) were collected. General Linear Models examined variations in baseline VP, VI, and FI with baseline CCI and PS. A priori covariates for all analyses included: TGEG treatment group, age, sex, and ethnicity. Results Students were 49.2% male and 42.4% Hispanic with a mean age of 8.3 ± 0.6; 78.3% of the population had overweight/obesity. Children who never cooked with their families preferred fewer vegetables than children who sometimes/always cooked with their parents (7.0 ± 0.6 vs. 8.7 ± 0.5 and 9.4 ± 0.5 vegetables, respectively; P < 0.001). Children who never cooked with their families ate less vegetables than children who sometimes/always cooked with their parents (1.9 ± 0.4 vs. 2.6 ± 0.3 and 3.5 ± 0.3 servings/day, respectively; P = 0.003 and P = 0.000, respectively). Children who never cooked with their families ate less fruit than children who sometimes/always cooked with their parents (1.2 ± 0.2 vs. 1.5 ± 0.1 and 2.09 ± 0.1 servings/day, respectively; P < 0.001). Conclusions Interventions including family cooking activities with children may be an effective way to increase vegetable preference and intake, and fruit intake, especially in high-risk, minority children. Funding Sources The research was supported by funding from the USDA Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, (grant 2011-68001-30138).

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The Association Between Child Cooking Involvement in Food Preparation and Fruit and Vegetable Intake in a Hispanic Youth Population

Current Developments in Nutrition ◽

10.1093/cdn/nzaa028 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 4 (4) ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Fiona M Asigbee ◽

Jaimie N Davis ◽

Annie K Markowitz ◽

Matthew J Landry ◽

Sarvenaz Vandyousefi ◽

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Keyword(s):

Dietary Intake ◽

Low Income ◽

School Health ◽

Physical Activity Intervention ◽

Vegetable Intake ◽

Controlled Trial ◽

A Priori ◽

Nutrition Intervention ◽

Control Group ◽

Fruit And Vegetable

ABSTRACT Background Cooking interventions have been linked to reductions in obesity and improvements in dietary intake in children. Objective To assess whether child cooking involvement (CCI) was associated with fruit intake (FI), vegetable intake (VI), vegetable preference (VP), and vegetable exposure (VE) in children participating in the Texas, Grow! Eat! Go! (TGEG) randomized controlled trial. Methods Baseline data from TGEG included 1231 3rd grade students and their parents. Conducted in 28 low-income, primarily Hispanic schools across Texas, TGEG schools were assigned to: 1) Coordinated School Health (CSH) only (control group), 2) CSH plus gardening and nutrition intervention (Learn, Grow, Eat & Go! or LGEG group), 3) CSH plus physical activity intervention (Walk Across Texas or WAT group), and 4) CSH plus LGEG plus WAT (combined group). Height, weight, dietary intake, VE, VP, and CCI were collected at baseline and postintervention. Linear regressions were used to assess the relation between baseline CCI and fruit and vegetable (FV) intake, VE, and VP. A priori covariates included age, sex, race/ethnicity, and TGEG treatment group. Results Children who were always involved in family cooking had higher VP and VE when compared with children who were never involved in family cooking (β = 3.26; 95% CI: 1.67, 4.86; P < 0.01 and β = 2.26; 95% CI: 0.67, 3.85; P < 0.01, respectively). Both VI and FI were higher for children who were always involved in family cooking compared with children who never cooked with their family (β = 2.45; 95% CI: 1.47, 3.44; P < 0.01 and β = 0.93; 95% CI: 0.48, 1.39; P < 0.01, respectively). VI and fruit consumption were higher for children who reported being sometimes involved in family cooking compared with children who were never involved in family cooking, (β = 1.47; 95% CI: 0.51, 2.42; P < 0.01, and β = 0.64; 95% CI: 0.20, 1.08; P < 0.01, respectively). Conclusions Results show a positive relation between family cooking and FV intake and preference in high-risk, minority children.

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A computerised tailored intervention for increasing intakes of fruit, vegetables, brown bread and wholegrain cereals in adolescent girls

Public Health Nutrition ◽

10.1017/s1368980009992953 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 13 (8) ◽

pp. 1271-1278 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Gail Rees ◽

Savita Bakhshi ◽

Alecia Surujlal-Harry ◽

Mikis Stasinopoulos ◽

Anna Baker

Keyword(s):

Dietary Intake ◽

Adolescent Girls ◽

Low Income ◽

Controlled Trial ◽

Intervention Group ◽

Control Group ◽

Tailored Intervention ◽

Motivation To Change ◽

Brown Bread

AbstractObjectiveTo evaluate the effectiveness of a computer-generated tailored intervention leaflet compared with a generic leaflet aimed at increasing brown bread, wholegrain cereal, fruit and vegetable intakes in adolescent girls.DesignClustered randomised controlled trial. Dietary intake was assessed via three 24 h dietary recalls.SettingEight secondary schools in areas of low income and/or high ethnic diversity, five in London and three in the West Midlands, UK.SubjectsGirls aged 12–16 years participated (n 823) and were randomised by school class to receive either the tailored intervention (n 406) or a generic leaflet (n 417).ResultsAt follow-up 637 (77 %) participants completed both baseline and follow-up dietary recalls. The tailored intervention leaflet had a statistically significant effect on brown bread intake (increasing from 0·39 to 0·51 servings/d) with a smaller but significant increase in the control group also (increasing from 0·28 to 0·35 servings/d). The intervention group achieved 0·05 more servings of brown bread daily than the control group (P < 0·05), which is equivalent to 0·35 servings/week. For the other foods there were no significant effects of the tailored intervention.ConclusionsThe intervention group consumed approximately 0·35 more servings of brown bread weekly than the control group from baseline. Although this change between groups was statistically significant the magnitude was small. Evaluation of the intervention was disappointing but the tailored leaflet was received more positively in some respects than the control leaflet. More needs to be done to increase motivation to change dietary intake in adolescent girls.

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The effects of a middle-school healthy eating intervention on adolescents' fat and fruit intake and soft drinks consumption

Public Health Nutrition ◽

10.1017/s1368980007219652 ◽

2007 ◽

Vol 10 (5) ◽

pp. 443-449 ◽

Cited By ~ 53

Author(s):

Leen Haerens ◽

Ilse De Bourdeaudhuij ◽

Lea Maes ◽

Carine Vereecken ◽

Johannes Brug ◽

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Keyword(s):

Middle School ◽

Healthy Eating ◽

Parental Support ◽

Environmental Changes ◽

Controlled Trial ◽

Intervention Group ◽

Soft Drinks ◽

Control Group ◽

Fruit Intake ◽

Fat Intake

AbstractObjectivesTo evaluate the effects of a middle-school healthy eating promotion intervention combining environmental changes and computer-tailored feedback, with and without an explicit parent involvement component.DesignClustered randomised controlled trial.SettingFifteen West-Flemish (Belgian) middle schools.SubjectsA random sample of 15 schools with 2991 pupils in 7th and 8th grades was randomly assigned to an intervention group with parental support (n = 5), an intervention group without parental support (n = 5) and a control group (n = 5). In these 15 schools an intervention combining environmental changes with computer-tailored feedback was implemented. Fat and fruit intake, water and soft drinks consumption were measured with food-frequency questionnaires in the total sample of children.ResultsIn girls, fat intake and percentage of energy from fat decreased significantly more in the intervention group with parental support, compared with the intervention alone group (all F>3.9, P < 0.05) and the control group (all F>16.7, P < 0.001). In boys, there were no significant decreases in fat intake (F = 1.4, not significant (NS)) or percentage of energy from fat (F = 0.7, NS) as a result of the intervention. No intervention effects were found in boys or in girls for fruit (F = 0.5, NS), soft drinks (F = 2.6, NS) and water consumption (F = 0.3, NS).ConclusionsCombining physical and social environmental changes with computer-tailored feedback in girls and their parents can induce lower fat intake in middle-school girls. However, to have an impact on the consumption of soft drinks and water, governmental laws that restrict the at-school availability of low-nutritive products may be necessary.

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Relationship Between Dark Green, Orange, and Yellow Vegetable Intake and Skin Carotenoids (P02-003-19)

Current Developments in Nutrition ◽

10.1093/cdn/nzz029.p02-003-19 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 3 (Supplement_1) ◽

Author(s):

Jaimie Davis ◽

Matthew Landry ◽

Fiona Asigbee ◽

Sarvenaz Vandyousefi ◽

Reem Ghaddar ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Low Income ◽

Vegetable Intake ◽

Controlled Trial ◽

Resonance Raman Spectroscopy ◽

Objective Measure ◽

Fruit Intake ◽

School Site ◽

Free Living ◽

Blood Institute ◽

Dark Green

Abstract Objectives Skin carotenoid status assessed by Resonance Raman spectroscopy (RRS) has emerged as a promising new biomarker of vegetable intake. As a result, only few studies have compared the relationship between free living vegetable and fruit intake and skin carotenoids in youth populations. The overall objective is toassess how vegetable intake correlates with skin carotenoids in primarily, Hispanic children. Methods Baseline data from TX Sprouts, a 1-year school-based gardening, cooking, and nutrition randomized controlled trial were used, which included 465 low-income 3rd-5thgrade students from nine schools in central Texas. The following data were collected: demographics via questionnaires, dietary intake viatwo 24-hour dietary recalls collected via telephone, and skin carotenoid status assessed via RRS. Partial correlations were run between vegetable servings per day and changes in vegetable servings per day, controlling for school site, ethnicity/race, sex, age, ethnicity, and energy intake. Results Students were 45% male and 70% Hispanic with a mean age of 9.4 ± 0.9 years. Intake of dark green/orange/yellow vegetables (servings/day) was positively correlated with RRS scores (r = 0.12; P = 0.012). Total vegetable intake or fruit intake was not correlated to RRS scores. Conclusions The correlation was significant, albeit small, between dark green, yellow, red, and orange vegetable intakes and RRS scores. This is one of the first free-living studies in youth to show that nutrient rich vegetable intake is positively linked to skin carotenoids. These results highlight that the RRS can provide a non-invasive and objective measure of vegetable intake that can be used in school settings with children. Funding Sources This research was supported by funding from the National Institutes of Health – National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (grant number R01HL123865).

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Solution-Focused Brief Therapy With Substance-Using Individuals

Research on Social Work Practice ◽

10.1177/1049731516650517 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 28 (4) ◽

pp. 452-462 ◽

Cited By ~ 13

Author(s):

Johnny S. Kim ◽

Jody Brook ◽

Becci A. Akin

Keyword(s):

Substance Use ◽

Linear Models ◽

Brief Therapy ◽

Controlled Trial ◽

Addiction Severity Index ◽

Self Report ◽

Effect Sizes ◽

Control Group ◽

Solution Focused Brief Therapy ◽

Solution Focused

Objective: This study examined the effectiveness of solution-focused brief therapy (SFBT) intervention on substance abuse and trauma-related problems. Methods: A randomized controlled trial design was used to evaluate the effectiveness of SFBT in primary substance use treatment services for child welfare involved parents in outpatient treatment for substance use disorders. Mixed linear models were used to test within- and between-group changes using intent-to-treat analysis ( N = 64). Hedges’s g effect sizes were also calculated to examine magnitude of treatment effects. Results: Both groups decreased on the Addiction Severity Index-Self-Report and the Trauma Symptom Checklist-40. The between group effect sizes were not statistically significant on either measures, thus SFBT produced similar results as the research supported treatments the control group received. Conclusion: Results support the use of SFBT in treating substance use and trauma and provide an alternative approach that is more strengths based and less problem focused.

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A Randomized Controlled Trial of Prenatal Pediatric Visits for Urban, Low-income Families

PEDIATRICS ◽

10.1542/peds.98.6.1069 ◽

1996 ◽

Vol 98 (6) ◽

pp. 1069-1075

Author(s):

Janet R. Serwint ◽

Modena E. H. Wilson ◽

Judith W. Vogelhut ◽

John T. Repke ◽

Henry M. Seidel

Keyword(s):

Health Care ◽

Low Income ◽

Controlled Trial ◽

Intervention Group ◽

Care Utilization ◽

Control Group ◽

Health Maintenance ◽

Car Safety ◽

Low Income Families ◽

Safety Seat

Background. Prenatal pediatric visits have been recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics to allow the pediatrician to counsel parents on infant care issues, establish a supportive relationship, and provide pediatric practice information to parents. We hypothesized that prenatal pediatric visits would have an impact on breastfeeding decisions, health care behaviors, health care utilization, and the doctor-patient relationship. Methods. We conducted a randomized controlled trial of prenatal pediatric visits for urban, low-income families to measure the impact on breastfeeding decisions, infant car safety seat use, circumcision, health maintenance, and emergency room visits and the pediatrician's perception that he/she would know the mother better. Pregnant women were recruited prenatally from the obstetrics clinic. Outcomes were measured by maternal interview prenatally and when the infant was 2 months old, in addition to review of the nursery record. Physicians were interviewed after the 2-month visit. Health care utilization was measured by chart review at 7 months. Results. A total of 156 pregnant women were enrolled and randomized, 81 to the intervention group and 75 to the control group. Of mothers who breastfed, 45% in the intervention group changed their mind in favor of breastfeeding after enrollment compared with 14% in the control group. Mothers in the intervention group compared with the control group were more likely to make fewer emergency room visits, 0.58 compared with 1.0. Pediatricians were more likely to think that they knew mothers in the intervention group well, 54% versus 29% in the control group, yet 67% of mothers in both groups agreed their pediatrician knew them well. There were no differences between groups in initiation or duration of breastfeeding at 30 or 60 days, infant car safety seat use, circumcision, or health maintenance visits. Conclusions. Prenatal pediatric visits have potential impact on a variety of health care outcomes. Among urban, low-income mothers, we found beneficial effects on breastfeeding decisions, a decrease in emergency department visits, and an initial impact on the doctor-patient relationship. We suggest urban practices actively promote prenatal pediatric visits.

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Salud paso por paso : a culturally-tailored physical activity intervention with hispanic adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus

10.32469/10355/88130 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

◽

Julio Cesar Loya

Keyword(s):

Physical Activity ◽

Diabetes Mellitus ◽

Type 2 Diabetes ◽

Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus ◽

Physical Activity Intervention ◽

Controlled Trial ◽

Control Group ◽

Culturally Tailored ◽

Hispanic Adults

Limited information is available regarding culturally-tailored physical activity (PA) interventions for Hispanic adults with type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). A community-partnered approach was used to examine a novel culturally-tailored PA intervention using a pre-post, no control group design. The intervention consisted of six weekly 45-minute sessions for participants to engage in PA led by the researcher. A total of 21 individuals participated in the study. The typical participant was a 53-year-old female (90 percent) Hispanic adult living with T2DM with low acculturation. On average, before the intervention, the participants walked 10,285 (sd 14,779) steps per week with 43.4 (sd 68.1) minutes of PA per week. Despite implementation during the COVID-19 pandemic, the intervention was feasible and acceptable, and 19 (90.5 percent) participants attended all intervention sessions. There were significant increases in steps per week (p=0.007; d=1.03) and minutes of PA per week (p=0.000; d=1.62). Findings suggest that Salud Paso por Paso has promise as a strategy to enhance PA behaviors in the priority population. A randomized, controlled trial with a larger study sample is warranted to examine efficacy and impact on the diabetes health outcomes of Hispanic adults with T2DM.

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Nutritional support for lactating women with or without Azithromycin for infants compared to breast-feeding counselling alone, to improve six-month growth outcomes among infants of peri-urban slums of Karachi, Pakistan – a protocol of multi-arm assessor blinded randomized controlled trial (Mumta LW trial)

10.21203/rs.3.rs-24814/v1 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Ameer Muhammad ◽

Yasir Shafiq ◽

M Imran Nisar ◽

Benazir Baloch ◽

Amna Tanweer Yazdani ◽

...

Keyword(s):

Randomized Controlled Trial ◽

Low Income ◽

Controlled Trial ◽

Intervention Group ◽

Relative Length ◽

Trial Registration ◽

Control Group ◽

Lactating Women ◽

Randomized Controlled ◽

Increased Risk

Abstract BackgroundGlobally, 45% of under-five deaths are, directly or indirectly, attributable to malnutrition, most of these deaths are in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Children in the first 6 months of life are particularly vulnerable. An estimated 4.7 million infants under the age of 6 months are moderately wasted whereas 3.8 million are severely wasted. Despite the increased risk to a child of a mother with nutritional decompensation, there are discrepancies in guidance in this area. MethodsThis is a community-based, open-label factorial randomized controlled trial, using parallel assignment with 1:1:1 allocation ratio, in low-income squatter settlements of urban Karachi, Pakistan. In the control group (Arm A), women are randomized to standard counseling only; whereas in the first intervention group (Arm B), lactating women receive two sachets of balanced energy-protein (BEP) supplementation per day from enrollment till the infant reaches six months of age, in the second intervention group (Arm C), lactating women receive same BEP as in intervention Arm B while their babies also receive a single stat dose (20mg/kg orally) of azithromycin at 42 days. The primary outcome is relative length velocity from 0 to 6 months by the limb of allocation. The primary analysis will be Intention-to-treat analysisTrial registrationRegistration of the trial is done at ClinicalTrials.gov. NCT03564652, registered on June 21, 2018. Trial registration data is available through https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03564652

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Impact of group-based dietary education on the dietary habits of female adolescents: a cluster randomized trial

Public Health Nutrition ◽

10.1017/s1368980010002405 ◽

2010 ◽

Vol 14 (4) ◽

pp. 702-708 ◽

Cited By ~ 9

Author(s):

Kazue Yamaoka ◽

Mariko Watanabe ◽

Eisuke Hida ◽

Toshiro Tango

Keyword(s):

Dietary Intake ◽

Energy Intake ◽

Young Women ◽

Dietary Habits ◽

Controlled Trial ◽

Cluster Randomized Trial ◽

Female Adolescents ◽

Control Group ◽

Dietary Education ◽

Cluster Randomized

AbstractObjectiveThe number of extremely thin young women has increased and education at school on maintaining an optimal weight has become important. The aim of the present study was to assess the effectiveness of a group-based home-collaborative dietary education (HCDE) programme to maintain appropriate dietary intake compared to conventional school classroom education.DesignTwo-arm cluster randomized controlled trial. Twelve classes were randomly assigned as clusters to either the HCDE group or the control group. Each participant in the HCDE group received twelve sessions of group counselling aimed at increasing energy intake at breakfast by modifying dietary intake and adopting appropriate habits. The hypothesis underlying the study was that after 6 months of HCDE the total energy intake would be increased by 627 kJ from baseline (primary endpoint). Secondary outcomes were differences in intake of various nutrients from baseline. Outcome measures after log transformation were examined by t tests and linear mixed models (crude and baseline-adjusted).SettingYoung women among Japanese female adolescents in Tokyo.SubjectsFour hundred and seventy-four participants aged 13–15 years.ResultsStudents in twelve classes were used for analysis (n 459). Energy intake was decreased in many of the classes during the 6-month period, especially for those in the control group. After adjustment for the baseline value, significant increases in energy intake and protein, calcium, magnesium and iron intakes at breakfast were observed (P < 0·05)ConclusionsAlthough energy intake was increased in the HCDE group compared to the control group, further study of the HCDE is warranted.

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Effects of a kindergarten intervention on vegetables served and staff’s food-related practices: results of a cluster randomised controlled trial – the BRA study

Public Health Nutrition ◽

10.1017/s1368980019003963 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 23 (6) ◽

pp. 1117-1126

Author(s):

Anne Himberg-Sundet ◽

Anne Lene Kristiansen ◽

Lene Frost Andersen ◽

Mona Bjelland ◽

Nanna Lien

Keyword(s):

Randomised Controlled Trial ◽

Vegetable Intake ◽

Controlled Trial ◽

Intervention Group ◽

Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial ◽

Control Group ◽

Public And Private ◽

Cluster Randomised ◽

Block Randomisation ◽

Randomised Controlled

AbstractObjective:The aim of the current study was to evaluate the effect on frequency, variety and amount of vegetables served and staff’s food-related practices in the multicomponent BRA intervention.Design:Cluster randomised controlled trial, conducted between Spring 2015 and Spring 2016. For allocation of the kindergartens, a stratified block randomisation was used. Data were collected in three ways: (i) a questionnaire for pedagogical leaders assessing the variety and frequency of vegetables served, including staff’s food-related practices assumed to be related to vegetable intake; (ii) a questionnaire for kindergarten assistants assessing staff’s food-related practices; (iii) a 5-d weighted vegetable diary assessing amount of vegetables served in a department.Setting:The target group for this study was public and private kindergartens in the counties of Vestfold and Buskerud, Norway.Participants:A total of seventy-three kindergartens participated.Results:At follow-up I, the amount of vegetables served increased by approximately 20 g per person per day (P = 0·002), and the variety in served vegetables increased by one-and-a-half kind per month (P = 0·014) in the intervention group compared to the control group. No effects on the frequency of vegetables served or on staff’s food-related practices were found.Conclusions:The BRA intervention was successful in increasing the amount and variety of vegetables served within intervention kindergartens. Further research is needed to understand the mechanisms that can affect the staff’s food-related practices.

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