Cluster randomized control trial promoting child self-regulation around energy-dense food.

ABSTRACT: Children with lower inhibitory control have greater weight gain over time and consume more snack food. Our goal was to test whether a pilot program based on enhancing self-regulation in preschool children could decrease consumption of energy-dense foods. Ninety-two preschool children were randomized to the intervention or control group. The intervention was a three-week, play-based program that focused on enhancing executive function skills and decreasing consumption of energy dense snack foods. Controls met for a similar length of time, but focused on dental hygiene, good sleep habits/routines, and physical activity. Primary outcome included calories consumed during the post-intervention "Eating in the Absence of Hunger" paradigm, controlling for baseline calories consumed. Inhibitory con

SUBMITTER: Rhee KE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6325077 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature