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Download file5-Year Follow-Up of a Telephone Intervention to Increase Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in Preschoolers: The ‘Healthy Habits’ Cluster Randomised Trial
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posted on 2020-11-30, 00:00 authored by Rebecca Wyse, Fiona Stacey, Libby Campbell, Serene Yoong, Christophe Lecathelinais, John Wiggers, Karen CampbellKaren Campbell, Luke WolfendenLittle is known about the long-term impact of telephone-based interventions to improve child diet. This trial aimed to assess the long-term effectiveness (after 5 years) of a telephone-based parent intervention in increasing children’s fruit and vegetable consumption. Parents of 3–5 year olds were recruited from 30 Australian preschools to participate in a cluster randomised controlled trial. Intervention parents received four, weekly, 30-min support calls aimed at modifying the home food environment. Control parents received printed materials. Consumption was assessed using the Fruit and Vegetable subscale of the Children’s Dietary Questionnaire (F&V-CDQ) (children) and daily servings of fruit and vegetables (children and parents) via parent telephone interview. Of the 394 parents who completed baseline, 57% (99 intervention, 127 control) completed follow-up. After 5-years, higher intervention F&V-CDQ scores, bordering on significance, were found in complete-case (+1.1, p = 0.06) and sensitivity analyses (+1.1, p = 0.06). There was no difference in parent or child consumption of daily fruit servings. Complete-case analysis indicated significantly higher consumption of child vegetable servings (+0.5 servings; p = 0.02), which was not significant in sensitivity analysis (+0.5 servings; p = 0.10). This telephone-based parent intervention targeting the family food environment may yield promising improvements in child fruit and vegetable consumption over a 5-year period.
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NutrientsVolume
12Issue
12Article number
3702Pagination
1 - 15Publisher
MDPILocation
Basel, SwitzerlandPublisher DOI
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2072-6643eISSN
2072-6643Language
engPublication classification
C1 Refereed article in a scholarly journalCopyright notice
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children’s dietary questionnairecluster RCTfruitlong-termparentspreschoolerstelephone supporttelephone-based interventionvegetableScience & TechnologyLife Sciences & BiomedicineNutrition & Dieteticschildren’s dietary questionnaireSOCIAL SUPPORT INTERVENTIONDIETARY BEHAVIOR-CHANGEPHYSICAL-ACTIVITYCHILDHOODOBESITYQUESTIONNAIRECHILDRENPROGRAMS