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Randomized Controlled Trial
. 2012 Mar-Apr;44(2):166-71.
doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2011.06.009. Epub 2011 Dec 8.

Family ties to health program: a randomized intervention to improve vegetable intake in children

Rachel G Tabak  1 , Deborah F Tate, June Stevens, Anna Maria Siega-Riz, Dianne S Ward
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Randomized Controlled Trial

Family ties to health program: a randomized intervention to improve vegetable intake in children

Rachel G Tabak et al. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2012 Mar-Apr.

Erratum in

  • J Nutr Educ Behav. 2014 May-Jun;46(3):202
  • Erratum.
    [No authors listed] [No authors listed] J Nutr Educ Behav. 2014 May-Jun;46(3):202. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2014.04.290. Epub 2014 May 5. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2014. PMID: 32898988 No abstract available.

Abstract

Objective: Evaluate a home-based intervention targeted toward parents to improve vegetable intake in preschool-aged children.

Methods: Four-month feasibility study of home-based intervention consisting of 4 tailored newsletters and 2 motivational phone calls compared to control; 4 children's books for the control group; and measured pre and post parent-reported physical and social home environment and child vegetable intake in 22 intervention and 21 control homes with a child 2-5 years old assessed with linear regression of group predicting home environment and diet characteristics post-intervention, adjusting for baseline (P < .05 significant).

Results: Intervention increased availability of vegetables (+1.5 ± 2.5 vegetable types vs -0.3 ± 2.7 vegetable types, P = .02), offering fruits and vegetables for snacks (+0.95 ± 1.5 d/wk vs -0.05 ± 1.9 d/wk, P = .04), and self-efficacy (+2.4 ± 4.1 vs -0.3 ± 2.0, P = .02).

Conclusions and implications: The data suggest potential for home-based interventions to alter parent behaviors such as feeding practices and the home physical environment, which may be steps toward increasing vegetable intake in children.

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