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Families with Preschool Children Meet Behavior Change Goals Using the HomeStyles Express Breakfast the Right Start Guide Paired with Telephone Counseling
Author(s) -
Delaney Colleen,
McKinley Jessica,
MartinBiggers Jennifer,
ByrdBredbenner Carol
Publication year - 2017
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.31.1_supplement.640.39
Subject(s) - mood , medicine , session (web analytics) , reading (process) , psychology , clinical psychology , advertising , political science , law , business
This study aimed to describe the effectiveness of the HomeStyles Express Breakfast the Right Start guide coupled with a telephone counseling session in aiding families with pre‐school children have breakfast daily to promote weight management. Parents (n=41) completed a baseline survey, received 1 of 8 different instructional guides/week and chatted weekly via telephone with a dietitian. Most participants were white (76%), female (95%), and were college graduates (90%). At baseline, parents were confident that they could get their preschoolers to eat breakfast daily (mean=4.51±0.81SD, on 5‐point scale), yet reported eating breakfast together as a household just 3.76±2.74SD days/week. The Breakfast the Right Start guide describes how daily breakfast is an important weight‐management behavior and provides tips for making breakfast a reality each day. Content analysis of counseling sessions found that, after reading the guide, many planned to begin offering children more options at breakfast and start planning breakfast meals. Parents also were better able to describe the importance of breakfast (e.g., improved mood, satiety, more quality family time). After reading the guide, many intended to eat breakfast together as a family more often, offer children a greater variety of healthful options at breakfast, and prepare for breakfast ahead of time. Some also set goals to communicate the importance of breakfast to their families and spouses. Parents were very confident in their ability to meet these goals (mean=8.63±1.46SD, on 10‐point scale) and at subsequent counseling sessions, most reported successfully meeting goals. The Breakfast the Right Start guide, along with a telephone counseling session, has the potential to successfully aid families in having breakfast daily and, thus, better manage body weights. Support or Funding Information USDA NIFA #2011‐68001‐30170