Promoting Toddlers' Self-regulation and Healthy Eating Habits Among Families Living in Poverty: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Recipe 4 Success

Overview

Journal Child Dev

Specialty Pediatrics

Date 2023 Sep 28

PMID 37767600

Authors

Robert L Nix

Sukhdeep Gill

Michelle L Hostetler

Mark E Feinberg

Lori A Francis

Cynthia A Stifter

Cheryl B McNeil

Sarah M Kidder

Damon E Jones

Ye Rang Park

Christina N Kim

Ashleigh G Engbretson

Sarah M Braaten

Vivian L Tamkin

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Abstract

The Recipe 4 Success preventive intervention targeted multiple factors critical to the health and well-being of toddlers living in poverty. This randomized controlled trial, which was embedded within Early Head Start home visits for 12 weeks, included 242 racially and ethnically diverse families (51% girls; toddler mean age = 2.58 years; data collected 2016-2019). Compared to parents in usual practice home visits, parents in Recipe 4 Success displayed greater sensitive scaffolding of toddlers' learning and more responsive food parenting practices (Cohen's d = .21-.30). Toddlers in Recipe 4 Success exhibited greater self-regulation and had healthier eating habits (Cohen's d = |.16-.35|). Results highlight the value of Recipe 4 Success in promoting parent and toddler behavior change that could have life-long benefits.

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