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HomeStyles: Shaping Home Environments and Lifestyle Practices to Prevent Childhood Obesity: A Randomized Controlled Trial
S190 USDA NIFA Poster Abstracts
Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior Volume 46, Number 4S, 2014
UP4 Creative Solutions in Nutrition Education: Adapting and Evaluating an Intervention in Food Pantry Settings Annie Hardison-Moody, PhD, annie_hardison-moody@ ncsu.edu, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 8107, Raleigh, NC 27695; L. Jones, MEd; M. Sheldon, MPH; J. D. Bloom, PhD; S. Bowen, PhD Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of nutrition education at food pantries. Description: Three Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program classes were offered at two food pantries. Evaluation: 11 people (out of 22 enrolled) completed all 6 classes in the series. 100% of participants reported a positive change in consumption of at least one food group at exit. 73% of participants reported no longer running out of food at the end of the month. Conclusions and Implications: Challenges included variability in client turnout and inadequate teaching space. Creative adaptations, particularly those aimed at helping clients manage food resources (e.g., grocery store tours), can have a positive impact. Funding: USDA Grant #2011-68001-30103
UP5 HomeStyles: Shaping Home Environments and Lifestyle Practices to Prevent Childhood Obesity: A Randomized Controlled Trial Carol Byrd-Bredbenner, PhD, RD, FAND, Bredbenner@ aesop.rutgers.edu, Rutgers University, 26 Nichol Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901; J. Worobey, PhD; J. MartinBiggers, MS, RD; A. Berhaupt-Glickstein, MS, RD; N. Hongu, PhD, RD, University of Arizona; G. Hernandez, MA, Prevent Child Abuse-NJ Objective: To create an effective, sustainable, populationlevel obesity-prevention intervention that enables and motivates parents of preschoolers to shape their home environment and lifestyle behavioral practices to prevent excessive weight gain in their children and compare its effectiveness to control condition participants. Description: Intervention development and implementation guided by Social Cognitive and Adult Learning Theories, community-based participatory research, and motivational interviewing; delivered by in-home visitors or online. Evaluation: Primary outcomes: BMI and audits of Home Environment Characteristics/Lifestyle Practices related to diet, physical activity, sleep, and childcare. Conclusions and Implications: Home environments and lifestyle behaviors that promote healthy development and prevent excessive weight gain in preschoolers. Funding: USDA Grant #2011-68001-30170
UP6 Fighting Obesity Among Low-Income 9-14 Year Olds: A Home-based Intervention Using Mobile Phones to Deliver Customized Nutrition Outreach Peter Clarke, PhD, [email protected], Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, University of Southern
California, ASC, Room 324G, Los Angeles, CA 90089; S. H. Evans, PhD Objective: This project fights obesity and poor nutrition among 9-14 year olds in families that patronize food pantries. Description: We are developing and field-testing mobile phone tools that provide customized vegetable-based recipes and simple evidence-based steps toward healthy household eating, keyed to each client's needs. Earlier research showed that customized recipes and food-use tips improved nutritious eating when delivered using tablet computers at pantries. The new mobile phone platform, with expanded features and content, will widen families' access to individually tailored nutrition outreach. Evaluation: Trials will test changes in household eating and anthropometric outcomes among 9-14 year olds. Conclusions and Implications: Forthcoming. Funding: USDA Grant #2012-68001-19592
UP7 Reducing Childhood Obesity: An Innovative Curriculum With Wellness Policy Support Isobel R. Contento, PhD, [email protected], Teachers College Columbia University, 525 West 120th Street, Box 137, New York, NY 10027; P. A. Koch, EdD, RD; H. Lee, PhD, RD; J. DiNoia, William Patterson University Objective: To conduct an outcome evaluation of Food, Health & Choices (curriculum) and Positively Healthful Classrooms (wellness policy) on students' BMI, %BF, energy balance related behaviors, and theory-based mediators. Description: Twenty schools randomized to 4 conditions: curriculum, wellness, curriculum+wellness, and delayed control. This year-long intervention with fifth graders was based on social cognitive and self-determination theories. Evaluation: Curriculum+wellness condition decreased BMI-percentile for age and gender by 1.04% (p<.0, %BF by 0.02% (p<.001) and sweetened beverage intake (p<0.01); and increased knowledge and beliefs about healthy behaviors (both p<0). Conclusions and Implications: The curriculum+wellness intervention is a promising approach to childhood obesity reduction and could be widely disseminated. Funding: USDA Abstract #2010-85215-20661
UP8 Fuel for Fun: Cooking With Kids Plus Parents and Play Leslie Cunningham-Sabo, PhD, RD, Leslie. [email protected], Colorado State University, 502 West Lake Street, 234 Gifford Building, Campus Delivery 1571, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1571; B. Lohse, PhD, RD, The Pennsylvania State University; S. Smith, MS, RD, Colorado State University; J. Haas, MS, RD; M. Balgopal, PhD; K. Kelly, PhD; C. Nigg, PhD, Continued on page S191
Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior Volume 46, Number 4S, 2014
UP4 Creative Solutions in Nutrition Education: Adapting and Evaluating an Intervention in Food Pantry Settings Annie Hardison-Moody, PhD, annie_hardison-moody@ ncsu.edu, North Carolina State University, Campus Box 8107, Raleigh, NC 27695; L. Jones, MEd; M. Sheldon, MPH; J. D. Bloom, PhD; S. Bowen, PhD Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of nutrition education at food pantries. Description: Three Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Program classes were offered at two food pantries. Evaluation: 11 people (out of 22 enrolled) completed all 6 classes in the series. 100% of participants reported a positive change in consumption of at least one food group at exit. 73% of participants reported no longer running out of food at the end of the month. Conclusions and Implications: Challenges included variability in client turnout and inadequate teaching space. Creative adaptations, particularly those aimed at helping clients manage food resources (e.g., grocery store tours), can have a positive impact. Funding: USDA Grant #2011-68001-30103
UP5 HomeStyles: Shaping Home Environments and Lifestyle Practices to Prevent Childhood Obesity: A Randomized Controlled Trial Carol Byrd-Bredbenner, PhD, RD, FAND, Bredbenner@ aesop.rutgers.edu, Rutgers University, 26 Nichol Avenue, New Brunswick, NJ 08901; J. Worobey, PhD; J. MartinBiggers, MS, RD; A. Berhaupt-Glickstein, MS, RD; N. Hongu, PhD, RD, University of Arizona; G. Hernandez, MA, Prevent Child Abuse-NJ Objective: To create an effective, sustainable, populationlevel obesity-prevention intervention that enables and motivates parents of preschoolers to shape their home environment and lifestyle behavioral practices to prevent excessive weight gain in their children and compare its effectiveness to control condition participants. Description: Intervention development and implementation guided by Social Cognitive and Adult Learning Theories, community-based participatory research, and motivational interviewing; delivered by in-home visitors or online. Evaluation: Primary outcomes: BMI and audits of Home Environment Characteristics/Lifestyle Practices related to diet, physical activity, sleep, and childcare. Conclusions and Implications: Home environments and lifestyle behaviors that promote healthy development and prevent excessive weight gain in preschoolers. Funding: USDA Grant #2011-68001-30170
UP6 Fighting Obesity Among Low-Income 9-14 Year Olds: A Home-based Intervention Using Mobile Phones to Deliver Customized Nutrition Outreach Peter Clarke, PhD, [email protected], Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism, University of Southern
California, ASC, Room 324G, Los Angeles, CA 90089; S. H. Evans, PhD Objective: This project fights obesity and poor nutrition among 9-14 year olds in families that patronize food pantries. Description: We are developing and field-testing mobile phone tools that provide customized vegetable-based recipes and simple evidence-based steps toward healthy household eating, keyed to each client's needs. Earlier research showed that customized recipes and food-use tips improved nutritious eating when delivered using tablet computers at pantries. The new mobile phone platform, with expanded features and content, will widen families' access to individually tailored nutrition outreach. Evaluation: Trials will test changes in household eating and anthropometric outcomes among 9-14 year olds. Conclusions and Implications: Forthcoming. Funding: USDA Grant #2012-68001-19592
UP7 Reducing Childhood Obesity: An Innovative Curriculum With Wellness Policy Support Isobel R. Contento, PhD, [email protected], Teachers College Columbia University, 525 West 120th Street, Box 137, New York, NY 10027; P. A. Koch, EdD, RD; H. Lee, PhD, RD; J. DiNoia, William Patterson University Objective: To conduct an outcome evaluation of Food, Health & Choices (curriculum) and Positively Healthful Classrooms (wellness policy) on students' BMI, %BF, energy balance related behaviors, and theory-based mediators. Description: Twenty schools randomized to 4 conditions: curriculum, wellness, curriculum+wellness, and delayed control. This year-long intervention with fifth graders was based on social cognitive and self-determination theories. Evaluation: Curriculum+wellness condition decreased BMI-percentile for age and gender by 1.04% (p<.0, %BF by 0.02% (p<.001) and sweetened beverage intake (p<0.01); and increased knowledge and beliefs about healthy behaviors (both p<0). Conclusions and Implications: The curriculum+wellness intervention is a promising approach to childhood obesity reduction and could be widely disseminated. Funding: USDA Abstract #2010-85215-20661
UP8 Fuel for Fun: Cooking With Kids Plus Parents and Play Leslie Cunningham-Sabo, PhD, RD, Leslie. [email protected], Colorado State University, 502 West Lake Street, 234 Gifford Building, Campus Delivery 1571, Fort Collins, CO 80523-1571; B. Lohse, PhD, RD, The Pennsylvania State University; S. Smith, MS, RD, Colorado State University; J. Haas, MS, RD; M. Balgopal, PhD; K. Kelly, PhD; C. Nigg, PhD, Continued on page S191