| Methods |
Multi‐site, clinical study examining two innovative approaches to diet education. |
| Participants |
33 children between ages 4 and 12 years have completed treatment and 26 of these have completed the 6‐month follow up. |
| Interventions |
Nutrition Education (NE) addresses the issue of lack of dietary knowledge by providing families an intensive 7‐session program on nutritional
suggestions for meeting the CF RDA for energy on a meal by meal basis.
Behavioral Education (BE), combines the nutritional education component, as
described, above plus training on behavioral child management skills such as contingent attention to appropriate eating, ignoring behaviours incompatible with eating, and use of contingent privileges for meeting calorie goals. |
| Outcomes |
At post treatment the children in the BE groups demonstrated a significantly greater increase in caloric intake than the children in the NE group t(30) = 2.24, P = The BE group also showed a significantly greater weight gain compared
to the NE. At the 6 month follow up both groups demonstrated a similar rate of weight gain from post treatment. Differences on weight gain post treatment to 6 months and pretreatment to 6 months were not significant
between the two groups. |
| Notes |
Information is retrieved from Symposium Session Summary. |
