- Title
- Dietary outcomes of the 'healthy youngsters, healthy dads' randomised controlled trial
- Creator
- Ashton, Lee M.; Morgan, Philip J.; Grounds, Jacqueline A.; Young, Myles D.; Rayward, Anna T.; Barnes, Alyce T.; Pollock, Emma R.; Kennedy, Stevie-Lee; Saunders, Kristen L.; Collins, Clare E.
- Relation
- Nutrients Vol. 13, Issue 10, no. 3306
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13103306
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2021
- Description
- Background: The effect of fathers on dietary intake in preschool-aged children is under-explored. The aims were to: (i) evaluate the efficacy of a family-based lifestyle intervention, Healthy Youngsters, Healthy Dads, on change in dietary intake in fathers and their preschool-aged children post-intervention (10 weeks) and at 9 months follow-up compared to a waitlist control group and (ii) investigate associations in father-child dietary intakes. Methods: Linear mixed models estimated group-by-time effects for all dietary outcomes, measured by food frequency questionnaires. Cohen's d determined effect sizes, while correlation tests determined associations in father-child dietary intakes. Results: For children, medium group-by-time effects sizes were identified at 10 weeks for sodium intake (d = 0.38) and percentage energy from core foods (d = 0.43), energy-dense, nutrient-poor (EDNP) foods (d = 0.43) and prepacked snacks (d = 0.45). These findings were sustained at 9 months follow-up. For fathers, medium to large, group-by-time effect sizes were identified at 10 weeks for energy intake (d = 0.55), sodium intake (d = 0.64) and percentage energy from core foods (d = 0.49), EDNP foods (d = 0.49), and confectionary (d = 0.36). For all of these dietary variables, except sodium, effects were sustained at 9 months. Moderate to strong associations existed in father-child dietary intakes for some of the dietary variables. Conclusions: Although further research is required, this study provides preliminary support for targeting fathers as agents of change to improve dietary intakes in their preschool-aged children.
- Subject
- preschool-aged children; dietary intake; parenting; fathers; intervention
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1431745
- Identifier
- uon:38991
- Identifier
- ISSN:2072-6643
- Rights
- © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
- Language
- eng
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