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Icook 4-H Intervention: Food-Related Behavior And Intake Of Adult Main Meal Preparers Participating In A 5-State Childhood Obesity Prevention Study, Kyla A. Richardson
Icook 4-H Intervention: Food-Related Behavior And Intake Of Adult Main Meal Preparers Participating In A 5-State Childhood Obesity Prevention Study, Kyla A. Richardson
Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences: Dissertations, Theses, and Student Research
Childhood obesity affects 12.7 million children within the United States. The need for childhood obesity prevention programs is high. Research supports family-centered programs and health interventions rooted within the Social Cognitive Theory (SCT); the iCook 4-H program combines these attributes. The objective of this study was to assess differences in adult outcome variables between control and treatment participants and whether the program impacted food security status.
Participants consisted of adult-youth pairs (dyads) that included a 9-10 year-old child and their adult primary meal preparer. The focus of this project was to provide findings on adult participants only. The program was …