Randomized trial of a self-administered parenting intervention for selective eating in young children.
Eat Behav
; 46: 101646, 2022 08.
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| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-35753286
ABSTRACT
Selective eating is a common childhood feeding problem associated with family stress and micronutrient deficiencies. While there are empirically-supported behavioral strategies for addressing selective eating, there are significant systems-level barriers to implementing them. The aim of this study was to develop and test a self-administered intervention for parents of children with selective eating. Participants were 156 parents of children with selective eating ages 18 months-6 years who were randomly assigned to either the handout + video condition (8-module video intervention and detailed handout) or handout condition (detailed handout only). Outcome measures were administered pre-intervention and 4 weeks post-intervention. Only 23 % of participants in the handouts plus video condition played more than one video module. Both groups had significant decreases in maladaptive mealtime parenting practices, undesired child mealtime behaviors, and number of foods offered. No significant effect of study condition was found on the outcome measures. Further research is needed to determine how to encourage engagement of parents with self-administered intervention materials.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Parenting
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Feeding Behavior
Type of study:
Clinical_trials
Limits:
Child
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Child, preschool
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Humans
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Infant
Language:
En
Journal:
Eat Behav
Journal subject:
CIENCIAS DA NUTRICAO
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CIENCIAS DO COMPORTAMENTO
Year:
2022
Document type:
Article