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Dietary outcomes of a community based intervention for mothers of young children: a randomised controlled trial
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Jancey, JM and Dos Remedios Monteiro, SM and Dhaliwal, SS and Howat, PA and Burns, S and Hills, AP and Anderson, AS, Dietary outcomes of a community based intervention for mothers of young children: a randomised controlled trial, The International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 11 pp. 1-9. ISSN 1479-5868 (2014) [Refereed Article]
DOI: doi:10.1186/s12966-014-0120-1
Abstract
Background: Unhealthy dietary behaviours are one of the key risk factors for many lifestyle-related diseases
worldwide. This randomised controlled trial aimed to increase the level of fruit, vegetable and fibre intake and
decrease the fat and sugar consumption of mothers with young children (0–5 years) via the playgroup setting.
Methods: Playgroups located in 60 neighbourhoods in Perth, Western Australia were randomly assigned to an
intervention (n = 249) or control group (n = 272). Those in the intervention group received a 6-month multi-strategy
primarily home-based physical activity and nutrition program (data is only presented on dietary behaviours). Data on
dietary consumption was collected via the Fat and Fibre Barometer and frequency of serves of fruit and vegetable and
cups of soft drink, flavoured drink and fruit juice. The effects of the intervention on continuous outcome measures were
assessed using analysis of variance (ANOVA), after adjusting for mother’s age and the corresponding variables.
Results: The outcomes of the intervention were positive with the intervention group showing statistically significant
improvements, when compared to the control group in the overall consumption of fat and fibre (p < 0.0005); of fibre
(p < 0.0005) – fruit and vegetables (p < 0.0005), wholegrain (p = 0.002): and fat (p = 0.005) – dairy products (p = 0.006)
and lean meat and chicken (p = 0.041). There were no significant changes in the consumption of sweet drinks.
Conclusions: This intervention was successful in improving dietary intake in the intervention group participants. The
moderate positive outcomes indicate that playgroups potentially provide quite a viable setting to recruit, engage and
retain this hard to reach group of mothers of young children in programs that support the adoption of health-enhancing
behaviours. This adds valuable information to this under researched area.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | Community interventions, Behaviours, Mothers, Nutrition |
Research Division: | Biomedical and Clinical Sciences |
Research Group: | Nutrition and dietetics |
Research Field: | Nutrition and dietetics not elsewhere classified |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Public health (excl. specific population health) |
Objective Field: | Nutrition |
UTAS Author: | Hills, AP (Professor Andrew Hills) |
ID Code: | 109212 |
Year Published: | 2014 |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 17 |
Deposited By: | Health Sciences |
Deposited On: | 2016-06-03 |
Last Modified: | 2017-11-06 |
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