Dietary Outcomes of the 'Healthy Youngsters, Healthy Dads' Randomised Controlled Trial.

ABSTRACT: (1) Background: The effect of fathers on dietary intake in preschool-aged children is under-explored. The aims were to: (i) evaluate the efficacy of a family-based lifestyle intervention, Healthy Youngsters, Healthy Dads, on change in dietary intake in fathers and their preschool-aged children post-intervention (10 weeks) and at 9 months follow-up compared to a waitlist control group and (ii) investigate associations in father-child dietary intakes. (2) Methods: Linear mixed models estimated group-by-time effects for all dietary outcomes, measured by food frequency questionnaires. Cohen's d determined effect sizes, while correlation tests determined associations in father-child dietary intakes. (3) Results: For children, medium group-by-time effects sizes were identified at 1

SUBMITTER: Ashton LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8541030 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature