Engels Lisa, Mons Carlotta, Mergelsberg Enrique, Kothe Emily, Hamilton Kyra, Gardner Benjamin, Ten Hoor Gill, Mullan Barbara
Department of Work & Social Psychology, Faculty of Psychology & Neurosciences, Maastricht University, Maastricht, Netherlands.
Health Psychology and Behavioural Medicine Research Group, Faculty of Health Sciences, School of Psychology, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.
Health Psychol Behav Med. 2022 Oct 19;10(1):1020-1037. doi: 10.1080/21642850.2022.2134869. eCollection 2022.
The diet of toddlers is often not in accordance with dietary recommendations, putting them at risk of poor health outcomes later in life. Parents can struggle to provide their toddler with a healthy diet and interventions are needed. Helping parents to form healthy feeding habits may facilitate healthy feeding behaviours. Therefore, the aim of this study was to establish the feasibility of a 6-week online intervention to build healthy feeding behaviours in parents of toddlers.
Parents and primary caregivers of children aged 2-3 (N = 75) were recruited to complete a 6-week online intervention consisting of 6 modules targeting habit formation, planning, goal setting, self-efficacy, interpersonal influences and picky eating. Demographics and feeding behaviours were measured with self-report at baseline and follow-up. Intervention acceptability and feasibility ratings were also gathered post-intervention.
Most participants were recruited online, highly educated and in a relationship. After 6-weeks, 17 participants completed the follow-up questionnaire, 11 of whom indicated that they had completed the whole intervention. Improvements were found for some feeding behaviours. Generally, participants who completed the programme reported that they found it acceptable.
This study provides insights for future intervention development. Firstly, an online healthy feeding intervention seems to be acceptable but may need to focus on fewer change techniques. Further, engagement should be improved by including target group members and compulsory reminders. The target behaviours seem to be relevant. Online recruitment seems to be preferable and reaches parents and primary caregivers nationwide.
幼儿的饮食往往不符合饮食建议，这使他们在日后生活中面临健康状况不佳的风险。父母可能难以给幼儿提供健康饮食，因此需要干预措施。帮助父母养成健康的喂养习惯可能会促进健康的喂养行为。因此，本研究的目的是确定一项为期6周的在线干预措施对于培养幼儿父母健康喂养行为的可行性。
招募2至3岁儿童的父母和主要照料者（N = 75），让他们完成一项为期6周的在线干预，该干预包括6个模块，分别针对习惯养成、计划制定、目标设定、自我效能、人际影响和挑食问题。在基线和随访时通过自我报告测量人口统计学特征和喂养行为。干预后还收集了干预的可接受性和可行性评分。
大多数参与者是通过网络招募的，受过高等教育且处于恋爱关系中。6周后，17名参与者完成了随访问卷，其中11人表示他们完成了整个干预。一些喂养行为有改善。总体而言，完成该计划的参与者表示他们认为该计划是可接受的。
本研究为未来干预措施的开发提供了见解。首先，在线健康喂养干预似乎是可接受的，但可能需要专注于更少的改变技巧。此外，应通过纳入目标群体成员和设置强制提醒来提高参与度。目标行为似乎是相关的。在线招募似乎更可取，并且能够覆盖全国的父母和主要照料者。
