Using Family Backpacks as a Tool to Involve Families in Teaching Young Children About Healthy Eating

Effectiveness of healthy eating interventions among children: A quantitative systematic review

“…Parent‐focused interventions ( N = 13) involved parents in aiding the promotion of healthy eating. These parents completed self‐reported questionnaires to determine the food intakes of their children (Christian et al., 2014; Evans et al., 2013; Lin et al., 2016; O'Connell et al., 2012; Rosário et al., 2017) or engaged in educational interventions (De Bock et al., 2012; Fisher et al., 2019; Hong et al., 2018; Horne et al., 2009; van de Gaar et al., 2014; Williams et al., 2014; Wolfenden et al., 2014). Collins et al.…”

“…These studies conducted educational lessons delivered by nutrition experts (De Bock et al., 2012; Lin et al., 2016), trained graduate‐level interventionists (Fisher et al., 2019), teachers (Rosário et al., 2017), researchers (Evans et al., 2013; van de Gaar et al., 2014), registered dietitian nutritionists (Williams et al., 2014), and trained day care workers (de Droog et al., 2014) and hands‐on gardening that was delivered by a subject expert regional advisor (Christian et al., 2014). Food items were delivered to children during mealtimes by the researchers (Correia et al., 2014; O'Connell et al., 2012), and graduate assistants distributed backpacks containing healthy eating materials to families (Hong et al., 2018).…”

“…Hong et al. (2018) distributed backpacks consisting of healthy eating materials to families, while the control group received materials unrelated to healthy eating. There was an increase in the average number of fruits consumed by children in the intervention group (t(21) = 2.49, p < .05, Cohen's d = 1.09) and an increase in the average number of vegetables consumed by children in the intervention (t(21) = 3.92, p < .01, Cohen's d = 1.71) compared to the control group.…”

“…Parent-focused interventions (N = 13) involved parents in aiding the promotion of healthy eating. These parents completed self-reported questionnaires to determine the food intakes of their children (Christian et al, 2014;Evans et al, 2013;Lin et al, 2016;O'Connell et al, 2012;Rosário et al, 2017) or engaged in educational interventions (De Bock et al, 2012;Fisher et al, 2019;Hong et al, 2018;Horne et al, 2009;van de Gaar et al, 2014;Williams et al, 2014;Wolfenden et al, 2014). Collins et al (2018) utilized food benefit cards that were given to parents to buy healthy These studies conducted educational lessons delivered by nutrition experts (De Bock et al, 2012;Lin et al, 2016), trained graduate-level…”

“…Food items were delivered to children during mealtimes by the researchers (Correia et al, 2014;O'Connell et al, 2012), and graduate assistants distributed backpacks containing healthy eating materials to families (Hong et al, 2018).…”