Positive impact of a pre-school-based nutritional intervention on children's fruit and vegetable intake: results of a cluster-randomized trial
Objective: To assess the short-term impact of a nutritional intervention aimed at reducing childhood overweight in German pre-school children. Design: Using a cluster-randomized study design with waiting-list controls, we tested a 6-month intervention administered once weekly by a nutrition expert c...
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| Dokumenttyp: | Article (Journal) |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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2012
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Public health nutrition
Year: 2012, Jahrgang: 15, Heft: 03, Pages: 466-475 |
| ISSN: | 1475-2727 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S136898001100200X |
| Online-Zugang: | Verlag, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S136898001100200X Verlag, Volltext: http://www.journals.cambridge.org/abstract_S136898001100200X 
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| Verfasserangaben: | Freia De Bock, Luise Breitenstein, and Joachim E Fischer |
| Zusammenfassung: | Objective: To assess the short-term impact of a nutritional intervention aimed at reducing childhood overweight in German pre-school children. Design: Using a cluster-randomized study design with waiting-list controls, we tested a 6-month intervention administered once weekly by a nutrition expert consisting of joint meal preparation and activities for children and parents such as tasting and preparing nutritious, fresh foods. At baseline, 6 and 12 months, a parent-completed questionnaire assessed fruit and vegetable intakes (primary outcomes) and water and sugared drinks consumption (secondary outcomes). Direct measurement assessed BMI, skinfold thickness and waist-to-height-ratio. An intention-to-treat analysis used random-effects panel regression models to assess the intervention effect, adjusted for each child’s age, gender, immigrant background and maternal education. Setting: Eighteen pre-schools from three south German regions. Subjects: Healthy children aged 3-6 years. Results: Three hundred and seventy-seven (80 %) eligible pre-school children participated in the study. Of these, 348 provided sufficient data for analysis. The sample mean age was 4?26 (SD 0?78) years; the majority (53?2 %) were boys. Children’s fruit and vegetable intakes increased significantly (P , 0?001 and P , 0?05, respectively); no significant changes in the consumption of water, sugared drinks or anthropometric measurements were noted.Conclusions: Nutritional interventions in pre-schools have the potential to change eating behaviours in young children, which in the long term might reduce risk for developing overweight. |
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| Beschreibung: | First published online 23 August 2011 Gesehen am 21.08.2018 |
| Beschreibung: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1475-2727 |
| DOI: | 10.1017/S136898001100200X |