INSIGHT responsive parenting intervention reduces infant's screen time and television exposure.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Sedentary behaviors, including screen time, in childhood have been associated with an increased risk for overweight. Beginning in infancy, we sought to reduce screen time and television exposure and increase time spent in interactive play as one component of a responsive parenting (RP) intervention designed for obesity prevention.

Methods

The Intervention Nurses Start Infants Growing on Healthy Trajectories (INSIGHT) study is a randomized trial comparing a RP intervention with a safety control intervention. Primiparous mother-newborn dyads (N = 279) were randomized after childbirth. Research nurses delivered intervention content at infant ages 3, 16, 28, and 40 weeks and research center visits at 1 and 2 years. As one component of INSIGHT, developmentally appropri

SUBMITTER: Adams EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5855973 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature