The Effects of a Multisector, Multilevel Intervention on Child Dietary Intake: California Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration Study.

Consuming too few fruits and vegetables and excess fat can increase the risk of childhood obesity. Interventions which target mediators such as caregivers' dietary intake, parenting strategies, and the family meal context can improve children's diets. A quasi-experimental, pre-post intervention with four conditions (healthcare (HC-only), public health (PH-only), HC + PH, and control) was implemented to assess the effects of the interventions and the effects of the mediators.

Examining multiple parenting behaviors on young children's dietary fat consumption.

Objective: To understand the association between parenting and children's dietary fat consumption, this study tested a comprehensive model of parenting that included parent household rules, parent modeling of rules, parent mediated behaviors, and parent support.

Design: Cross-sectional.

Setting: Baseline data from the MOVE/me Muevo project, a recreation site-based obesity prevention and control intervention trial.

Retaining school children and families in community research: lessons from the Study of Children's Activity and Nutrition (SCAN).

Retaining school-aged study participants poses a major challenge in any longitudinal research study. Dropouts produce bias in the remaining sample and this loss may affect study findings and their interpretation. Dominant factors that influence retention in pediatric research studies include family versus individual participation, patient management strategies of study personnel, knowledge about the condition or therapy, age and gender factors, credibility within the community, monetary incentives, and altruism.

Tracking dietary intake in white and Mexican-American children from age 4 to 12 years.

Objective: To examine the tracking (ie, the stability over time) of dietary intake in Mexican-American and white children aged 4 to 12 years.

Subjects: Children 4 years of age (n=351) were assessed at baseline and 65% (n=228) completed the 8-year study.

Design: Cardiovascular disease-related dietary intake was defined as energy, percent of energy from fat, and sodium (mg/1,000 kcal).