- Title
- Healthier options do not reduce total energy of parent intended fast food purchases for their young children: a randomised controlled trial
- Creator
- Yoong, Sze Lin; Dodds, Pennie; Hure, Alexis; Clinton-McHarg, Tara; Skelton, Eliza; Wiggers, John; Wolfenden, Luke
- Relation
- Nutrition and Dietetics Vol. 73, Issue 2, p. 146-152
- Publisher Link
- http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1747-0080.12204
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Resource Type
- journal article
- Date
- 2016
- Description
- Aim: This study aimed to assess the impact of including healthier options on fast food restaurant menus on total energy of parent-reported intended purchases and frequency to eat at fast food outlets for young children. Methods: Parents from an existing health survey cohort were approached to participate. They were eligible to participate if they resided in the Hunter region in NSW, could understand English and had a child aged between 3 and 12 years. Parents were randomised using a random number function embedded in the computer assisted telephone interview software, to receive one of two hypothetical fast food menus: one with healthier options and the other without healthier options (standard menu). After receiving these menus, participants completed a second telephone survey. Parents reported intended food purchases for their nominated child and intended number of visits to the fast food outlet with the hypothetical menu. Results: There was no significant difference in total energy of parent-reported intended purchases for their child, between the standard menu with (n = 101) and without (n = 113) healthier options (P = 0.60). There was also no difference in the frequency of intending to eat at the fast food restaurant between the two groups (P = 0.80). Conclusions: The provision of healthier options in itself may not reduce the total energy of intended purchases of parents for young children at fast food restaurants.
- Subject
- dietary intake; food; obesity; public health nutrition; re trial registration
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/1959.13/1319772
- Identifier
- uon:23962
- Identifier
- ISSN:1446-6368
- Rights
- This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Yoong, Sze Lin; Dodds, Pennie; Hure, Alexis; Clinton-McHarg, Tara; Skelton, Eliza; Wiggers, John; Wolfenden, Luke “Healthier options do not reduce total energy of parent intended fast food purchases for their young children: a randomised controlled trial”. Nutrition and Dietetics Vol. 73, Issue 2, p. 146-152 (2016), which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/1747-0080.12204. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Self-Archiving.
- Language
- eng
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