Trial reportThe international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity2013
A randomised controlled trial and mediation analysis of the 'Healthy Habits', telephone-based dietary intervention for preschool children.
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- Interventions for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in children aged five years and under.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Interventions for increasing fruit and vegetable consumption in children aged five years and under.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Reducing discretionary food and beverage intake in early childhood: a systematic review within an ecological framework.Public health nutrition · 2016Pooled it
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- Mediation Analysis as a Means of Identifying Dietary Components That Differentially Affect the Fecal Microbiota of Infants Weaned by Modified Baby-Led and Traditional Approaches.Applied and environmental microbiology · 2018Trial
- A telephone intervention to achieve differentiation in dietary intake: a randomized trial in paediatric primary care.Pediatric obesity · 2017Trial
- Characteristics of the home food environment that mediate immediate and sustained increases in child fruit and vegetable consumption: mediation analysis from the Healthy Habits cluster randomised controlled trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2015Trial
- A cluster randomised controlled trial of a telephone-based intervention targeting the home food environment of preschoolers (The Healthy Habits Trial): the effect on parent fruit and vegetable consumption.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2014Trial
- Mediators of improved child diet quality following a health promotion intervention: the Melbourne InFANT Program.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2014Trial
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- Parent Feeding Practices in the Australian Indigenous Population within the Context of non-Indigenous Australians and Indigenous Populations in Other High-Income Countries-A Scoping Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2019Article
- From Theory-Inspired to Theory-Based Interventions: A Protocol for Developing and Testing a Methodology for Linking Behaviour Change Techniques to Theoretical Mechanisms of Action.Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine · 2018Article
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Abstract
backgroundConsumption of non-core foods in childhood is associated with excessive weight gain in childhood. Parents play a vital role in establishing healthy diet behaviours in young children. The aim of this study was to assess the effectiveness of a telephone-based intervention in reducing child consumption of non-core foods, and to examine parent and home food environment mediators of change in child consumption.
methodsThe 'Healthy Habits' trial utilised a clustered randomised controlled design. SETTING/
participantsParents were recruited from 30 preschools (N=394 participants, mean age 35.2±5.6 years). Parents randomized to the intervention group received four telephone contacts and print materials. Parents allocated to the control condition receive generic print materials only. Non-core food consumption was assessed using a validated child dietary questionnaire at baseline, 2 and 6 months post recruitment in 2010.
resultsThe intervention was effective in reducing child consumption of non-core foods at 2 months (intention to treat analysis: z=-2.83, p<.01), however this effect was not maintained at 6 months. Structural equation modelling using 2 month data indicated that child access to non-core foods in the home and child feeding strategies mediated the effect of the intervention.
conclusionThe telephone-based intervention shows promise in improving short term dietary behaviour in preschool age children, however further development is needed to sustain the effect in the long-term.
trial registrationAustralian Clinical Trials Registry: ACTRN12609000820202.
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