TY - JOUR A2 - Weller, Aron AU - Schroeder, Natalia AU - Rushovich, Berenice AU - Bartlett, Edward AU - Sharma, Sangita AU - Gittelsohn, Joel AU - Caballero, Benjamin PY - 2015 DA - 2015/05/11 TI - Early Obesity Prevention: A Randomized Trial of a Practice-Based Intervention in 0–24-Month Infants SP - 795859 VL - 2015 AB - Objective. A pediatric office-based intervention was implemented following a randomized, controlled design, aimed at improving child feeding practices and growth patterns and ultimately reducing risk for overweight and obesity later in life. Methods. Four clinics (232 infants) were randomized to control or intervention (I), the latter delivered by health care provider at each of 7–9 well-baby visits over 2 years, using a previously developed program (Growing Leaps and Bounds) that included verbal, visual, and text advice and information for parents. Results. The I group offered significantly less soda p=0.006, sweetened tea p=0.01, punch p=0.02 and/or cow’s milk p=0.001 to infants and delayed the introduction of drink/food other than breast milk p<0.05. Parents in the I group had a higher perceived parental monitoring p=0.05 and restriction p=0.01 on infant feeding. While the I group exhibited at baseline more adverse socioeconomic indicators than the control group, growth trajectory or body size indices did not significantly differ between groups. Conclusions. Education provided by health care providers in addition to follow-up monthly phone calls may help modify parental behaviors related to child feeding and increase parental sense of responsibility toward child eating behaviors. SN - 2090-0708 UR - https://doi.org/10.1155/2015/795859 DO - 10.1155/2015/795859 JF - Journal of Obesity PB - Hindawi Publishing Corporation KW - ER -