title: One-year follow-up of nutrition education for hypercholesterolemic children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study evaluated retention of the effect of a home-based, practitioner-initiated nutrition education model.
  
  
  METHODS
  Children with elevated low-density lipoprotein (LDL) cholesterol levels were randomly assigned to one of two nutrition interventions or to an at-risk control group. Intervention effects were evaluated 3, 6, and 12 months postbaseline.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The parent-child autotutorial group demonstrated significant increases in knowledge and, along with the counseling group, decreases in total and saturated fat intake. Also, the autotutorial and counseling groups retained a majority of their initial LDL cholesterol decrease.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Knowledge of heart-healthful eating and dietary fat intake as well as dietary change can be affected and retained via home-based, practitioner-initiated nutrition interventions with hypercholesterolemic children, although some form of ongoing intervention may be necessary to produce lasting decreases in LDL cholesterol levels.
authors.affiliation: Division of Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, PA 19104-4399, USA.
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Tershakovec
authors.forename: B M
authors.initials: BM
authors.lastname: Shannon
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Achterberg
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: McKenzie
authors.forename: J K
authors.initials: JK
authors.lastname: Martel
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Smiciklas-Wright
authors.forename: S E
authors.initials: SE
authors.lastname: Pammer
authors.forename: J A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Cortner
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D006937:Hypercholesterolemia / Q000517:prevention & control*; D008297:Male; D017145:Models, Educational; D015233:Models, Statistical; D052756:Nutritional Sciences / Q000193:education*; D010353:Patient Education as Topic