Sobko 2016.

Study name	Play and grow
Methods	RCT
Participants	Approximately 240 families with children aged 2‐4 years
Interventions	Intervention: “Play & Grow is a 10‐week family‐based, multi‐component healthy lifestyle programme” "The Play & Grow will have educational strategies including instructions, parental peer support and group discussions, and homework tasks, in accordance with the elements developed in our Play & Grow pilot study. Each session will comprise: (i) 15 min of guided active play involving both children and parents; (ii) 15 min of interactive education and skill development for parents; simultaneous supervised active play with foods for children, to promote acceptance of vegetables, and (iii) 15 min of guided active nature games outdoors, involving both children and parents. The sessions will incorporate a lifestyle component, for example: eating, active play and connectedness to nature). These will target the parents’ knowledge and skills on how to introduce and maintain their child’s correct lifestyle routines. A group leader and co‐leader with healthcare backgrounds (and trained by the PI during the Play & Grow pilot study) will facilitate the sessions involving 4 to 5 parent‐child dyads. The proposed intervention, we will employ environmental education and nature‐related activities to help participating families develop skills conducive to improving playtime and eating habits in children." Control: “The (waiting list or control group) WLCG children will be offered the Play & Grow programme at study completion”
Outcomes	Child fruit and vegetable intake will be assessed using the Eating and Physical Activity Questionnaire (EPAQ) and The Children’s Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ)
Starting date	Unknown
Contact information	Tanja Sobko: tsobko@hku.hk
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