The Influence of Parents' Nutritional Education Program on Their Infants' Metabolic Health.
Nutrients
; 14(13)2022 Jun 28.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-35807852
ABSTRACT
Childhood obesity is considered an epidemic in both developing and developed countries. Children obesity plays a vital role in children's development and has a profound impact on their health in adult life. Although the etiology of obesity is multifactorial, it can be prevented. According to research, feeding practices, developing eating habits, and parenting styles are of primary importance. Despite the widespread access to information on children's nutrition, parents still make many mistakes preparing their meals. Thus, this study aimed to evaluate the impact of parents' nutritional education on children's selected anthropometric-metabolic parameters during their first year of life. The study comprised a group of parents of 203 Polish infants. Their parents were randomly assigned to one of two groups the intervention group received intensive mobile nutritional education for a year, while the control group received no intervention. Blood tests and anthropometric measures were performed on both groups at the beginning of the study and one year later. Our study showed that parental nutritional education influences, among others. the BMI Z-score (the difference between the groups was 1.039) and the TG/HDL ratio (p < 0.001) in children. The final results of our study showed that proper nutritional education could improve children's nutritional status at the population level.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Pediatric Obesity
Type of study:
Clinical_trials
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Prognostic_studies
Limits:
Adult
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Child
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Humans
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Infant
Language:
En
Journal:
Nutrients
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
Polonia