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Parental Feeding Styles and Child Dietary Quality

Completed
Conditions
Dietary Quality
Registration Number
NCT03390621
Lead Sponsor
Baylor College of Medicine
Brief Summary

In this study, the investigators will use an existing data set to examine the relationship between parent feeding styles and the quality of the dinner meal using the Healthy Eating Index.

Detailed Description

Investigators will use an existing data set collected between 2007 and 2009. The purpose of the larger data set including 177 families was to examine parent - child interactions during dinner meals in low-income Hispanic and African-American families participating in Head Start programs. Data was collected on parent-child interactions and information regarding the food served and consumed by children during dinner meals. The specific aims included: 1) examining the overall diet quality using the Healthy Eating Index of Head Start preschool dinner meals by parent feeding styles, an 2) the diet quality of the dinner meal served to that of the meal consumed and within each of the parent feeding styles.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
177
Inclusion Criteria
  • Parents who were responsible for feeding the child while the child was not in Head Start and their oldest child enrolled in Head Start.
Exclusion Criteria
  • Any children who have dietary restraints or food allergies.

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Dietary Quality10 minutes

The Healthy Eating Index was used to obtain the quality of the food served and consumed by the child at dinner.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Baylor College of Medicine

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Houston, Texas, United States

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