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Caretakers receiving SNAP are responsive to education to reduce preschool child sugar‐sweetened beverage consumption (252.8)
Author(s) -
Ferris Ann,
Wakefield Dorothy,
Lora Karina,
Quesada Catalina
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
the faseb journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.709
H-Index - 277
eISSN - 1530-6860
pISSN - 0892-6638
DOI - 10.1096/fasebj.28.1_supplement.252.8
Subject(s) - consumption (sociology) , medicine , intervention (counseling) , randomized controlled trial , environmental health , supplemental nutrition assistance program , snap , demography , food insecurity , nursing , geography , social science , archaeology , computer graphics (images) , computer science , sociology , food security , agriculture
A RCT, directed at low‐income parents at early childcare centers, evaluated whether an 8‐week brief intervention using the information‐motivation‐behavior theoretical framework would decrease the children’s home SSB consumption. The control group received a sham home food safety curriculum. Caretakers of 364 children completed the study, 357 of whom completed a 2‐day (weekend) food record for the child and provided information on child beverage consumption by use of an inventory of beverages in the home (HBI) at baseline and 6 months later. Fourteen percent did not consume SSB at either time point. Consumption estimates from food records and HBI among consumers were significantly correlated (r=0.32, p<0.0001). Baseline SSB consumption by either measure did not differ between intervention and control groups. Children who consumed SSBs did not change consumption over the course of the study. In contrast, children in families receiving SNAP benefits (45%) did reduce consumption over the course of the study (p=0.02) whether measured by diet records (kcal from SSB/d median (min, max), intervention: ‐9.8 [‐262, 336], control: 29.7 [‐421, 290]) or the home beverage inventory ((kcal from SSB/d ‐intervention: 0.0 [‐58, 32], control: 2.6 [‐55, 26]). SNAP recipients are responsive to reducing preschool child SSB consumption after participating in eight short interactive sessions. Grant Funding Source : USDA/NRI 2008‐55215‐19071