Obesity & Diet - Study
Increasing Fruit and Vegetable Intake and
Decreasing Fat and Sugar Intake in Families at Risk for Childhood Obesity
Obesity & Diet Study - Aim
The goal of this study was to evaluate the effect of a parent-focused
behavioral intervention on parent and child eating changes and on percentage
of overweight changes in families that contain at least one obese parent
and a non-obese child.
Obesity & Diet Study - Methods
Families with obese parents and non-obese children were randomized to
groups in which parents were provided a comprehensive behavioral weight-control
program and were encouraged to increase fruit and vegetable intake or
decrease intake of high-fat/high-sugar foods. Child materials targeted
the same dietary changes as their parents without caloric restriction.
Obesity & Diet Study - Results
Changes over 1 year showed that treatment influenced targeted parent and
child fruit and vegetable intake and high-fat/high-sugar intake, with
the Increase Fruit and Vegetable group also decreasing their consumption
of high-fat/high-sugar foods. Parents in the increased fruit and vegetable
group showed significantly greater decreases in percentage of overweight
than parents in the decreased high-fat/high-sugar group.
Obesity & Diet Study - Issues
These results suggest that focusing on increasing intake of healthy foods
may be a useful approach for nutritional change in obese parents and their
children.
Source: Department of Pediatrics, State
University of New York. 2003
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