Trial reportThe international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity2015
HOME Plus: Program design and implementation of a family-focused, community-based intervention to promote the frequency and healthfulness of family meals, reduce children's sedentary behavior, and prevent obesity.
Trial report in The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01538615 (Healthy Home Offerings Via the Mealtime Environment), which is not on this map. Cited by 39 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Healthy Home Offerings Via the Mealtime Environment (HOME) Plus
Who cites it
39 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Effects of parental-involved physical activity and nutrition interventions for young adolescents aged 10-13 years: a meta-analysis.Archives of public health = Archives belges de sante publique · 2025Pooled it
- Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 5 to 11 years old.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Interventions for preventing obesity in children.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- A Review of the Structural Characteristics of Family Meals with Children in the United States.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2016Pooled it
- Weight outcomes of NU-HOME: a randomized controlled trial to prevent obesity among rural children.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2022Trial
- Childhood obesity prevention cluster randomized trial for Hispanic families: outcomes of the healthy families study.Pediatric obesity · 2018Trial
- Family Home Food Environment and Nutrition-Related Parent and Child Personal and Behavioral Outcomes of the Healthy Home Offerings via the Mealtime Environment (HOME) Plus Program: A Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2018Trial
- Embedding weight management into safety-net pediatric primary care: randomized controlled trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2018Trial
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- An Example of How to Supplement Goal Setting to Promote Behavior Change for Families Using Motivational Interviewing.Health communication · 2016Trial
- Promoting healthful family meals to prevent obesity: HOME Plus, a randomized controlled trial.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2015Trial
- Service learning within community-engaged research: Facilitating nursing student learning outcomes.Journal of professional nursing : official journal of the American Association of Colleges of NursingTrial
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- Parents' Insights on a Summer Obesity Prevention Intervention at SUN Meals Program Sites for Elementary School-Aged Children.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2026Article
- Food Insecurity and Changes in Diet Quality and Body Mass Index z-Scores Among Elementary School Students.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2024Article
- Family Meals and Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Young Children.Current atherosclerosis reports · 2023Review
- Evaluation of community-based health promotion interventions in children and adolescents in high-income countries: a scoping review on strategies and methods used.BMC public health · 2023Article
- Food Insecurity and Parent Feeding Practices in Urban and Rural Children Ages 7-12 years.Journal of nutrition education and behavior · 2023Article
- Family Characteristics Associated with Preparing and Eating More Family Evening Meals at Home.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2022Article
- Trends in the Number of Behavioural Theory-Based Healthy Eating Interventions Inclusive of Dietitians/Nutritionists in 2000-2020.Nutrients · 2021Review
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Abstract
backgroundInvolvement in meal preparation and eating meals with one's family are associated with better dietary quality and healthy body weight for youth. Given the poor dietary quality of many youth, potential benefits of family meals for better nutritional intake and great variation in family meals, development and evaluation of interventions aimed at improving and increasing family meals are needed. This paper presents the design of key intervention components and process evaluation of a community-based program (Healthy Home Offerings via the Mealtime Environment (HOME) Plus) to prevent obesity.
methodsThe HOME Plus intervention was part of a two-arm (intervention versus attention-only control) randomized-controlled trial. Ten monthly, two-hour sessions and five motivational/goal-setting telephone calls to promote healthy eating and increasing family meals were delivered in community-based settings in the Minneapolis/St. Paul, MN metropolitan area. The present study included 81 families (8-12 year old children and their parents) in the intervention condition. Process surveys were administered at the end of each intervention session and at a home visit after the intervention period. Chi-squares and t-tests were used for process survey analysis.
resultsThe HOME Plus program was successfully implemented and families were highly satisfied. Parents and children reported that the most enjoyable component was cooking with their families, learning how to eat more healthfully, and trying new recipes/foods and cooking tips. Average session attendance across the ten months was high for families (68%) and more than half completed their home activities.
conclusionsFindings support the value of a community-based, family-focused intervention program to promote family meals, limit screen time, and prevent obesity.
trial registrationNCT01538615.
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