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    Dietary Outcomes of a Community Based Intervention for Mothers of Young Children: a Randomised Controlled Trial

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    Authors
    Jancey, Jonine
    Monteiro, Ginny
    Dhaliwal, Satvinder
    Howat, Peter
    Burns, Sharyn
    Hills, A.
    Anderson, A.
    Date
    2014
    Type
    Journal Article
    
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    Jancey, J. and Monteiro, G. and Dhaliwal, S. and Howat, P. and Burns, S. and Hills, A. and Anderson, A. 2014. Dietary Outcomes of a Community Based Intervention for Mothers of Young Children: a Randomised Controlled Trial. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity. 11 (120): pp. 1-9.
    Source Title
    International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity
    DOI
    10.1186/s12966-014-0120-1
    ISSN
    1479-5868
    School
    Western Australian Centre for Health Promotion Research (Curtin Research Centre)
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    This article is published under the Open Access publishing model and distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ Please refer to the licence to obtain terms for any further reuse or distribution of this work.

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    http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28926
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    Background: Unhealthy dietary behaviours are one of the key risk factors for many lifestyle-related diseases worldwide. This randomised controlled trial aimed to increase the level of fruit, vegetable and fibre intake and decrease the fat and sugar consumption of mothers with young children (0–5 years) via the playgroup setting. Methods: Playgroups located in 60 neighbourhoods in Perth, Western Australia were randomly assigned to an intervention (n = 249) or control group (n = 272). Those in the intervention group received a 6-month multi-strategy primarily home-based physical activity and nutrition program (data is only presented on dietary behaviours). Data on dietary consumption was collected via the Fat and Fibre Barometer and frequency of serves of fruit and vegetable and cups of soft drink, flavoured drink and fruit juice. The effects of the intervention on continuous outcome measures were assessed using analysis of variance (ANOVA), after adjusting for mother’s age and the corresponding variables. Results: The outcomes of the intervention were positive with the intervention group showing statistically significant improvements, when compared to the control group in the overall consumption of fat and fibre (p < 0.0005); of fibre (p < 0.0005) – fruit and vegetables (p <0.0005), wholegrain (p = 0.002): and fat (p = 0.005) – dairy products (p = 0.006) and lean meat and chicken (p = 0.041). There were no significant changes in the consumption of sweet drinks.Conclusions: This intervention was successful in improving dietary intake in the intervention group participants. The moderate positive outcomes indicate that playgroups potentially provide quite a viable setting to recruit, engage and retain this hard to reach group of mothers of young children in programs that support the adoption of health-enhancing behaviours. This adds valuable information to this under researched area.

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