dc.contributor.author | Jancey, Jonine Maree | |
dc.contributor.author | Dos Remedios Monteiro, Sarojini Maria | |
dc.contributor.author | Dhaliwal, Satvinder | |
dc.contributor.author | Howat, Peter A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Burns, Sharyn | |
dc.contributor.author | Hills, Andrew | |
dc.contributor.author | Anderson, Annie S. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2017-09-28T12:30:22Z | |
dc.date.available | 2017-09-28T12:30:22Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1479-5868 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1186/s12966-014-0120-1 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10072/103248 | |
dc.description.abstract | 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 (0ﵠyears) 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 motherﳠage 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) ruit and vegetables (p?<?0.0005), wholegrain (p?=?0.002): and fat (p?=?0.005) airy 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. | |
dc.description.peerreviewed | Yes | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | eng | |
dc.publisher | BioMed Central | |
dc.publisher.place | United Kingdom | |
dc.relation.ispartofpagefrom | 120-1 | |
dc.relation.ispartofpageto | 120-9 | |
dc.relation.ispartofjournal | International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity | |
dc.relation.ispartofvolume | 11 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Medical and Health Sciences not elsewhere classified | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Medical and Health Sciences | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearch | Education | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 119999 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 11 | |
dc.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 13 | |
dc.title | Dietary outcomes of a community based intervention for mothers of young children: a randomised controlled trial | |
dc.type | Journal article | |
dc.type.description | C1 - Articles | |
dc.type.code | C - Journal Articles | |
dcterms.license | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 | |
dc.description.version | Version of Record (VoR) | |
gro.rights.copyright | © Jancey et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. 2014. This article is published under license to BioMed Central Ltd. This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly credited. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated. | |
gro.hasfulltext | Full Text | |
gro.griffith.author | Hills, Andrew | |