ArticleJournal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics2023
Young Children's Dietary Quality in Family Child Care and in Their Own Home.
Article in Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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- Parental Perceptions of Healthy Eating and Actual Nutrient Intake: Analysis of the Nutritional Status of Children Aged 1-6 Years in Urban Areas of Central Kazakhstan.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- ABC Grow Healthy Practices and Obesity-Related Health Behaviours in Family Child Care Homes in South Carolina.Child: care, health and development · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundSome evidence suggests that children may have higher quality dietary intake in early care and education settings, compared with their respective homes, but no studies have explored these differences among children in less formal family child care.
objectiveThe purpose of this study was to compare dietary quality via the Healthy Eating Index 2015 among children in family child care and in their own home.
designThis was a cross-sectional analysis of baseline dietary intake data from the Childcare Home Eating and Exercise Research study, a natural experiment, using directly observed dietary data in child care and 24-hour recall data in homes among children in South Carolina. PARTICIPANTS/
settingParticipants were 123 children in 52 family child-care homes between 2018 and 2019.
main outcome measureThe main outcome was total and component Healthy Eating Index 2015 scores. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS: The analysis was a hierarchical linear regression of children nested within family child care homes adjusting for child, provider, facility, and parent characteristics, including sex, age, race, ethnicity, and income, with parameters and SEs estimated via bootstrap sampling.
resultsChildren had a mean ± SD Healthy Eating Index 2015 score of 60.3 ± 12.1 in family child-care homes and 54.3 ± 12.9 in their own home (P < 0.001). In adjusted analysis and after accounting for clustering of children in family child care homes, total HEI-2015 scores were lower at home than in care (β = -5.18 ± 1.47; 95% CI -8.05 to -2.30; P = 0.003).
conclusionsChildren had healthier dietary intake in family child-care homes vs their respective homes.
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