Trial reportJournal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics2018
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.
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87 citing papers in PubMed, 5 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
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- Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 5 to 11 years old.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Identifying effective intervention strategies to reduce children's screen time: a systematic review and meta-analysis.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2021Pooled it
- Interventions for preventing obesity in children.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Effects of a Family- and Community-Based Diet and Physical Activity Intervention on Home Availability of Fruit, Vegetables, and Sugar-Containing Foods in Primarily Hispanic Households: Secondary Data Analysis from a Randomized Controlled Trial.The Journal of nutrition · 2026Trial
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- Parent Weight, Diet, Active Living, and Food-Related Outcomes of the Family-Focused:NU-HOME Randomized Controlled Trial: NU-HOME Randomized Controlled Trial.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2023Trial
- A three-arm randomized controlled trial using ecological momentary intervention, community health workers, and video feedback at family meals to improve child cardiovascular health: the Family Matters study design.BMC public health · 2023Trial
- Reduced Consumption of Sugar-Sweetened Beverages Is Associated with Lower Body Mass Index Z-Score Gain among Chinese Schoolchildren.Nutrients · 2022Trial
- Associations of parent dietary role modeling with children's diet quality in a rural setting: Baseline data from the NU-HOME study.Appetite · 2022Trial
- 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
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- Parent and child dietary changes in a 6-month mobile-delivered weight loss intervention with tailored messaging for parents.Frontiers in public health · 2022Trial
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- 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
- Observed Mealtime Interactions, Meal Healthfulness, and Childhood Obesity Among Low-Income Families.Pediatric obesity · 2026Article
- Fruit and Vegetable Accessibility in the Home: Intervention Changes and Cross-Sectional Associations with Diet Quality.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- Development of a Novel Dietary Assessment Method Using Gamification Concepts: Exploratory and Application Study.JMIR serious games · 2026Article
- Reframing preventive health communication: from individual compliance to collective action.Frontiers in public health · 2026Article
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Abstract
backgroundResearch has demonstrated a significant positive association between frequent family meals and children's dietary intake; however, the promotion of healthful family meals has not been rigorously tested for key food environment and nutrition-related behavioral outcomes in a randomized trial.
objectiveTo describe family home food environment and nutrition-related parent and child personal and behavioral outcomes of the Healthy Home Offerings via the Mealtime Environment Plus program, the first rigorously tested family meals intervention targeting childhood obesity prevention.
designRandomized controlled trial. Baseline, postintervention (12 months, 93% retention), and follow-up (21 months, 89% retention) data (surveys and dietary recalls) were collected. PARTICIPANTS/
settingChildren aged 8 to 12 years (N=160) and their parents were randomized to intervention (n=81) or control (n=79) groups.
interventionThe intervention included five parent goal-setting calls and 10 monthly sessions delivered to families in community settings that focused on experiential nutrition activities and education, meal planning, cooking skill development, and reducing screen time.
main outcome measuresFamily home food environment outcomes and nutrition-related child and parent personal and behavioral outcomes. STATISTICAL ANALYSES PERFORMED: Analyses used generalized linear mixed models. Primary comparisons were contrasts between intervention and control groups at postintervention and follow-up, with adjustments for child age and parent education.
resultsCompared with control parents, intervention parents showed greater improvement over time in scores of self-efficacy for identifying appropriate portion sizes, with significant differences in adjusted means at both post-intervention (P=0.002) and follow-up (P=0.01). Intervention children were less likely to consume at least one sugar-sweetened beverage daily at post-intervention than control children (P=0.04).
conclusionsThe Healthy Home Offerings via the Mealtime Environment Plus program involved the entire family and targeted personal, behavioral, and environment factors important for healthful changes in the home food environment and children's dietary intake. The intervention improved two nutrition-related behaviors and this may inform the design of future family meal interventions.
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