Karen Campbell|Sandrine Lioret|Sarah A. McNaughton|David Crawford|Jo Salmon|Kylie Ball|Zoë McCallum|Bibi Gerner|Alison C. Spence|Adrian J. Cameron|Jill A. Hnatiuk|Obioha C. Ukoumunne|Lisa Gold|Gavin Abbott|Kylie D. Hesketh
A Parent-Focused Intervention to Reduce Infant Obesity Risk Behaviors: A Randomized Trial
University of Melbourne|Royal Children's Hospital|Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry|University of Exeter|Deakin University
assess effectiveness parentfocused intervention infants obesityrisk behaviors bmithis cluster randomized controlled trial recruited 542 parents infants mean age 38 months baseline 62 firsttime parent groups parents offered six 2hour dietitiandelivered sessions 15 months focusing parental knowledge skills social support around infant feeding diet physical activity television viewing control group parents received 6 newsletters nonobesityfocused themes parents received usual care child health nurses primary outcomes interest child diet 3 24hour diet recalls child physical activity accelerometry child tv viewing parent report secondary outcomes included bmi zscores measured data collected children 4 9 20 months ageunadjusted analyses showed compared controls intervention group children consumed fewer grams noncore drinks mean difference 445 95 confidence interval ci 792 099 p 01 less likely consume noncore drinks odds ratio 048 95 ci 024 095 p 034 midintervention mean age 9 months intervention conclusion mean age 198 months intervention group children consumed fewer grams sweet snacks mean difference 369 95 ci 641 096 p 008 viewed fewer daily minutes television mean difference 1597 95 ci 2597 596 p 002 little statistical evidence differences fruit vegetable savory snack water consumption bmi zscores physical activitythis intervention resulted reductions sweet snack consumption television viewing 20monthold children