Mothers of Preschoolers Report Using Less Pressure in Child Feeding Situations Following a Newsletter Intervention

Autor/inn/en	Essery, Eve V.; DiMarco, Nancy M.; Rich, Shannon S.; Nichols, David L.
Titel	Mothers of Preschoolers Report Using Less Pressure in Child Feeding Situations Following a Newsletter Intervention
Quelle	In: Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 40 (2008) 2, S.110-115 (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1499-4046
DOI	10.1016/j.jneb.2007.02.008
Schlagwörter	Play; Intervention; Physical Activities; Mothers; Mother Attitudes; Physical Activity Level; Preschool Children; Newspapers; Questionnaires; Nutrition; Measures (Individuals); Eating Habits + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Spiel; Mother; Mutter; Mutterliebe; Pre-school age; Preschool age; Child; Children; Pre-school education; Preschool education; Vorschulalter; Kind; Kinder; Vorschulkind; Vorschulkinder; Vorschulerziehung; Vorschule; Newspaper; Zeitung; Fragebogen; Ernährung; Messdaten; Ernährungsgewohnheit; Essgewohnheit
Abstract	Objective: To determine the impact of written intervention materials on child feeding practices of mothers and on physical activity behaviors of preschoolers. Design: Mothers were divided into 3 groups: newsletter (n = 30), booklet (n = 31), and control (n = 31). Questionnaires were completed before and after a 12-week intervention. Setting: Mail correspondence. Participants: White (90%), full-time mothers (76%) in their thirties (68%). Interventions: Nutrition and activity information was provided as twelve 4-page weekly newsletters or one 52-page booklet. Main Outcome Measures: Child feeding factors, physical activity practices. Analysis: Child feeding factors were analyzed using Kruskal-Wallis and Wilcoxon. Physical activity practices were analyzed using 2-way chi-square and sign tests. The significance level was set at 0.0125. Results: There was a significant decrease in the "pressure to eat" score for participants in the newsletter group (2.5 plus or minus 1.0 to 2.1 plus or minus 1.0, P less than 0.01). No other differences in feeding practices were observed. At baseline, 43% of the mothers said their child spent at least 1 hour per day in active play, and 63% said their child watched television less than 2 hours per day. A significant increase in outdoor play was reported in the newsletter (P less than 0.01) and control (P less than 0.01) groups. Conclusions and Implications: This study is one of the first to indicate that child feeding practices may be modifiable. (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10