Child diet and health outcomes of the simple suppers program: a 10-week, 2-group quasi-experimental family meals trial.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND:Racial minority children, particularly from low-income households, are at risk for obesity. Family meals have a protective effect on child nutritional health. However, the current evidence is limited in racial and socioeconomic diversity. The objective of this study was to evaluate the impact of a family meals intervention, Simple Suppers, on improvements in diet and health outcomes from baseline (T0) to post-intervention (T1) in intervention compared to waitlist control participants, and determine retention of change in outcomes among intervention participants at 10-week follow-up (T2). METHODS:Simple Suppers was a 10-week family meals intervention implemented as a 2-group quasi-experimental trial. Ten 90-min lessons were delivered weekly. Data were collected at T0 and T1, and

SUBMITTER: Gunther C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6902334 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature