Picky Eaters Improved Diet Quality in a Randomized Behavioral Intervention Trial in Youth with Type 1 Diabetes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Children who are picky eaters typically demonstrate persistent food refusal and poor diet quality and may be resistant to intervention.

Objective

This study tested whether pickiness moderated the effect of a nutrition intervention on diet quality in youth with type 1 diabetes, hypothesizing that the intervention effect would be smaller among picky relative to nonpicky eaters.

Design

The study was an 18-month randomized clinical trial.

Participants

Youth age 8.0 to 16.9 years (n=136) with type 1 diabetes duration ≥1 year, receiving care at an outpatient diabetes center in Boston, MA, and a parent, participated from 2010 to 2013.

Intervention

The intervention integrated motivational interviewing, active learning, and applied problem solving to i

SUBMITTER: Nansel TR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5908245 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature