A Nutrition and Parenting Program for Fathers and Their Pre-school Age Children

June 4, 2019 updated by: Amy Mobley, University of Connecticut

Father-Focused Nutrition and Parenting Program to Help Prevent Childhood Obesity in Preschool Age Children

This pilot study evaluates the feasibility and impact of a father-focused childhood obesity prevention program on paternal food-related parenting practices, mealtime behaviors and father/child nutrition and physical activity behaviors. Half of participants (low-income father and child dyads) will receive an intervention immediately while the other half of participants will serve as a wait-list control group and receive the intervention at a later date.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

All participants (low-income father and child dyads) will receive an 8 session (2 hours/session) (DAD) including community-based, hands-on, nutrition and parent education intervention with between-session technology enhancements. Dyads will be randomly assigned within groups of 10 to DAD or a wait-list control group (DELAY). Assessments will be conducted at pre, post and 1 month post including a subset of data from cohabiting mothers to assess moderating influences on outcomes.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

72

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Connecticut
      • East Hartford, Connecticut, United States, 06118
        • Hockanum School, Head Start Program
      • Manchester, Connecticut, United States, 06042
        • Manchester Preschool Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

Male

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • "Father" eligible for a federal food assistance or related program (e.g. SNAP) or living in an area with >30% poverty
  • Having at least one preschool age child (ages 3-5 years old)
  • At least 18 years of age and able to speak English

Exclusion Criteria:

  • No presence or interaction with child during meal or snack times.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Non-Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: Single

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Nutrition and Parenting Intervention
Participants (n=30, father/child dyads in groups of 10) will receive an 8 session (2 hours/session) community-based intervention including nutrition and parent education with between-session technology enhancements.
Behavioral: Nutrition and Parenting Intervention
The proposed intervention will evaluate and explore the unique influences that low-income fathers have on their preschool age children's obesogenic behaviors and obesity risk.
Active Comparator: Wait-list Control
Participants (n=30, father/child dyads in groups of 10) will serve as a wait-list control group and receive the same Nutrition and Parenting Intervention after completing pre and post assessments several weeks apart.
Behavioral: Nutrition and Parenting Intervention
The proposed intervention will evaluate and explore the unique influences that low-income fathers have on their preschool age children's obesogenic behaviors and obesity risk.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire
Time Frame: Change from baseline at 8 weeks
Food-related parenting practices including parental support, control, structure, feeding
Change from baseline at 8 weeks

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Father & child diet quality
Time Frame: Change from baseline at 8 weeks
Diet quality assessed using Healthy Eating Index (24 hour recall)
Change from baseline at 8 weeks
Father & child BMI/BMI Z-Score
Time Frame: Change from baseline at 8 weeks
Change from baseline at 8 weeks
Meals in Our Household questionnaire
Time Frame: Change from baseline at 8 weeks
Mealtime behaviors and practices including shopping, meal planning, cooking, family meals
Change from baseline at 8 weeks
Healthy Kids Questionnaire
Time Frame: Change from baseline at 8 weeks
Father and child nutrition behaviors including vegetable and sweetened beverage intake frequency & Physical activity behaviors including play and screen time
Change from baseline at 8 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University of Connecticut

Collaborators

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Amy R Mobley, PhD, RD, University of Connecticut

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

December 1, 2016

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 31, 2018

Study Completion (Actual)

April 30, 2019

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

February 26, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 3, 2017

First Posted (Actual)

March 6, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

June 5, 2019

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

June 4, 2019

Last Verified

June 1, 2019

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • H15-338
  • 1R21HD087817-01 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

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