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ArticleBMC public health2019

The Food4toddlers study - study protocol for a web-based intervention to promote healthy diets for toddlers: a randomized controlled trial.

Margrethe Røed, Elisabet R Hillesund, Frøydis N Vik, Wendy Van Lippevelde, Nina Cecilie Øverby

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Article in BMC public health, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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12citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

12 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 23 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 2 countries.

Margrethe RøedDepartment of Public Health, Sport and Nutrition, Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Agder, PO box 422, 4604, Kristiansand, Norway. margrethe.roed@uia.no.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-5887-0522
Elisabet R HillesundDepartment of Public Health, Sport and Nutrition, Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Agder, PO box 422, 4604, Kristiansand, Norway.
Frøydis N VikDepartment of Public Health, Sport and Nutrition, Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Agder, PO box 422, 4604, Kristiansand, Norway.
Wendy Van LippeveldeDepartment of Public Health, Sport and Nutrition, Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Agder, PO box 422, 4604, Kristiansand, Norway.
Nina Cecilie ØverbyDepartment of Public Health, Sport and Nutrition, Faculty of Health and Sport Sciences, University of Agder, PO box 422, 4604, Kristiansand, Norway.
University of Agder · NO

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundEating habits are established during childhood and track into adolescence and later in life. Given that these habits have a large public health impact and influence the increasing rates of childhood obesity worldwide, there is a need for effective, evidence-based prevention trials promoting healthy eating habits in the first 2 years of life. The aim of this study was to develop and evaluate the effect of an eHealth intervention called Food4toddlers, aiming to promote healthy dietary habits in toddlers by targeting parents' awareness of their child's food environment (i.e., how food is provided or presented) and eating environment (e.g., feeding practices and social interaction). This paper describes the rationale, development, and evaluation design of this project. METHODS/

designWe developed a 6-month eHealth intervention, with the extensive user involvement of health care nurses and parents of toddlers. This intervention is in line with the social cognitive theory, targeting the interwoven relationship between the person, behavior, and environment, with an emphasis on environmental factors. The intervention website includes recipes, information, activities, and collaboration opportunities. The Food4toddlers website can be used as a mobile application. To evaluate the intervention, a two-armed pre-post-follow-up randomized controlled trial is presently being conducted in Norway. Parents of toddlers (n = 404) were recruited via social media (Facebook) and 298 provided baseline data of their toddlers at age 12 months. After baseline measurements, participants were randomly allocated to an intervention group or control group. Primary outcomes are the child's diet quality and food variety. All participants will be followed up at age 18 months, 2 years, and 4 years. DISCUSSION: The results of this trial will provide evidence to increase knowledge about the effectiveness of an eHealth intervention targeting parents and their toddler's dietary habits.

trial registrationISRCTN92980420 . Registered 13 September 2017. Retrospectively registered.

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Child, PreschoolDiet, HealthyFeeding BehaviorFemaleHealth PromotionHumansInfantInternetMaleMobile ApplicationsNorwayParentsPediatric ObesityProgram EvaluationRandomized Controlled Trials as TopicRetrospective StudiesEating environmenteHealthFood environmentParental feeding practicesRandomized controlled trialShopping behaviorToddlers

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