Promoting toddlers' self-regulation and healthy eating habits among families living in poverty: A randomized controlled trial of Recipe 4 Success |
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| Authors: | Robert L Nix Sukhdeep Gill Michelle L Hostetler Mark E Feinberg Lori A Francis Cynthia A Stifter Cheryl B McNeil Sarah M Kidder Damon E Jones Ye Rang Park Christina N Kim Ashleigh G Engbretson Sarah M Braaten Vivian L Tamkin |
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| Institution: | 1. University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, Wisconsin, USA;2. Pennsylvania State University-York, York, Pennsylvania, USA;3. Pennsylvania State University, State College, Pennsylvania, USA;4. West Virginia University, Morgantown, West Virginia, USA |
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| Abstract: | The Recipe 4 Success preventive intervention targeted multiple factors critical to the health and well-being of toddlers living in poverty. This randomized controlled trial, which was embedded within Early Head Start home visits for 12 weeks, included 242 racially and ethnically diverse families (51% girls; toddler mean age = 2.58 years; data collected 2016–2019). Compared to parents in usual practice home visits, parents in Recipe 4 Success displayed greater sensitive scaffolding of toddlers' learning and more responsive food parenting practices (Cohen's d = .21–.30). Toddlers in Recipe 4 Success exhibited greater self-regulation and had healthier eating habits (Cohen's d = |.16–.35|). Results highlight the value of Recipe 4 Success in promoting parent and toddler behavior change that could have life-long benefits. |
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