Horodynski 2013.
Study name | Healthy babies through infant‐centred feeding protocol: an intervention targeting early childhood obesity in vulnerable populations |
Methods | RCT |
Participants | Study setting: Colorado and Michigan, United States of America Inclusion criteria: mothers over 18 years of age with infants younger than 4 months of age who have not started solid foods and are of low income (≤ 185% federal poverty level in the USA and eligible for federal food assistance programmes) Exclusion criteria: mother or infant with diagnosed eating, physical, or chronic health problem 394 mothers and infants are needed based on the power calculation |
Interventions | Intervention group: locally developed "Healthy Babies" intervention consisting of 6 in‐home lessons delivered by a trained paraprofessional instructor followed by 3 reinforcement telephone calls Control group: traditional nutrition education offered by the Expanded Food and Nutrition Education Programme |
Outcomes | Maternal responsiveness Maternal satisfaction Feeding practices Infant growth patterns of weight and length and their feasibility |
Starting date | 2011 |
Contact information | millie@msu.edu |
Notes | Preliminary results (n = 170) available as an abstract which demonstrate the positive impact of nutrition education on the feeding practices. No growth parameter was reported. |