Title: efficacy of a food parenting intervention for mothers with low income to reduce preschooler’s solid fat and added sugar intakes: a randomized controlled trial

Fisher, Jennifer O.; Serrano, Elena; Foster, Gary D.; Hart, Chantelle N.; Davey, Adam; Bruton, Yasmeen; Kilby, Linda M.; Harnack, Lisa; Ruth, Karen; Kachurak, Alexandria; Lawman, Hannah G.; Martin, Anna; Polonsky, Heather M.

doi:10.1186/s12966-018-0764-3

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“…As a result, the research available presents an overly simplistic view of the home food environment and its potential impact on children. Food parenting research plays a critical role in guiding the content of family based programs promoting optimal nutrition in children 95‐97 . The general lack of information on topics related to coparenting may limit the potential efficacy of family interventions.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Fathers' food parenting: A scoping review of the literature from 1990 to 2019

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Summary Background While food parenting is a robust area of inquiry, studies have largely focused on mothers. Given the diversity of family structures today and increases in fathers' engagement in caregiving, fathers' food parenting warrants attention. Objective We present a scoping review of research on fathers' food parenting (1990‐2019). Eligible studies included peer‐reviewed research published in English documenting fathers' food parenting and presenting results for fathers separate from mothers. Results Seventy‐seven eligible studies were identified. Most studies were based in the U.S (63.6%) and utilized a cross‐sectional design (93.5%). Approximately half of studies used a validated measure of food parenting (54.5%) and slightly less than 30% utilized theory (28.6%). Many studies did not report information on fathers' residential status (37.7%) or their relationship to the target child (biological vs social) (63.6%). Content analysis of study findings showed that: fathers are involved in food parenting, but at lower levels than mothers; there are few consistent mother‐father differences in food parenting practices; and fathers' controlling food parenting is linked with negative nutrition outcomes in children while responsive food parenting is linked with positive child outcomes. Conclusion To better inform family interventions to prevent childhood obesity, future food parenting research with fathers should recognize the diversity of family structures and utilize prospective, theory‐based, designs.

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confidence: 99%

Fathers' food parenting: A scoping review of the literature from 1990 to 2019

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“…In a longitudinal study combining observational and self‐report measures of general parenting style, children experiencing a permissive/indulgent parenting style at age 4.5 years were most likely to be at risk for subsequent elevated weight outcomes 52 . Evidence in support of causal pathways comes from an intervention promoting authoritative feeding styles within a sample of primarily Black, low‐income mothers of preschoolers 53 . This intervention resulted in decreases in children's daily consumption of solid fats and added sugar and increases in authoritative parenting practices during a laboratory test meal 53 …”

Section: Early Childhoodmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Evidence in support of causal pathways comes from an intervention promoting authoritative feeding styles within a sample of primarily Black, low‐income mothers of preschoolers 53 . This intervention resulted in decreases in children's daily consumption of solid fats and added sugar and increases in authoritative parenting practices during a laboratory test meal 53 …”

Section: Early Childhoodmentioning

confidence: 99%

Positive parenting approaches and their association with child eating and weight: A narrative review from infancy to adolescence

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Summary Parents play a critical role in the development of children's eating behaviours and weight status, serving as providers, models and regulators of the food environment. Many research reviews have focused on the robust body of evidence on coercive control in feeding: how parenting practices such as restriction and pressure to eat increase children's risk for developing undesirable eating behaviours and unhealthy weight outcomes. Fewer reviews adopt a strengths‐based perspective focusing on the ways that parents can actively support the development of healthy eating behaviours and weight trajectories. Emerging research on such positive parenting styles and practices offers solutions beyond the avoidance of coercive control, as well as opportunities to highlight parallels between research on food parenting and the broader, well‐established developmental literature on positive parenting. The focus of this review is to summarize what is known regarding benefits of positive parenting styles and practices for child eating and weight outcomes and discuss recommendations for future research. Current evidence supports starting with responsive feeding and parenting during infancy and incorporating structure and limit setting in early childhood, with monitoring and mealtime structure remaining important during middle childhood and adolescence. Areas for future research include: (1) further examination of the implications of identified food parenting practices and styles among diverse groups and caregivers; (2) increased consideration of child factors (eg, temperament) as moderators or mediators; and (3) further clarification of the relationship between general parenting and food parenting.

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“…Although PA levels and screen time were significantly improved by preschool intervention and the information booklet given to preschoolers’ families, adherence to a Mediterranean diet and sweet beverage consumption instead remained unchanged. This is in keeping with the logical assumption that behavior-based programs need to be combined with the community-based prevention focused on family and home feeding practice to counteract the “obesogenic” environment [29,30,31,32].…”

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confidence: 58%

Waist Circumference and Healthy Lifestyle Preferences/Knowledge Monitoring in a Preschool Obesity Prevention Program

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Weight and body mass index (BMI) changes appear to be poor measures for assessing the success of most pediatric obesity prevention programs (POPP). The aim of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of the preschool-age prevention program (3P) in improving and maintaining overtime preschoolers’ knowledge/preferences about healthy nutrition and physical activity (PA), and the relationship between acquired healthy behaviors and anthropometrics including waist circumference (WC). Twenty-five preschoolers underwent a 24-month healthy lifestyle multi-component pilot intervention followed by a one-year wash-out period; 25 age-matched served as controls. Anthropometric/behavioral data were monitored. After the 2-year study and wash-out, the rates of children overweight and with obesity decreased only in the intervention group, where, also, normal-weight children with visceral obesity attained WC normal values (p = 0.048). While mean values of BMI Z-scores remained unchanged in both the intervention and control groups, WC (values and percentiles) showed a significant reduction only in the intervention group. Children’s adherence to the Mediterranean diet remained acceptable among the entire sample. Although daily sweet beverage consumption remained unchanged in both groups, knowledge/preferences improved significantly more in the intervention group. In conclusion, WC may be more sensitive than BMI for monitoring preschoolers in POPP and reflects healthy behavioral changes acquired during the intervention.

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Title: efficacy of a food parenting intervention for mothers with low income to reduce preschooler’s solid fat and added sugar intakes: a randomized controlled trial

Cited by 31 publications

References 48 publications

Fathers' food parenting: A scoping review of the literature from 1990 to 2019

Fathers' food parenting: A scoping review of the literature from 1990 to 2019

Positive parenting approaches and their association with child eating and weight: A narrative review from infancy to adolescence

Waist Circumference and Healthy Lifestyle Preferences/Knowledge Monitoring in a Preschool Obesity Prevention Program

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