title: Psychosocial outcomes of Lunch is in the Bag, a parent program for packing healthful lunches for preschool children.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This pilot study evaluated effects of Lunch is in the Bag on behavioral constructs and their predictive relationship to lunch-packing behaviors of parents of young children.
  
  
  METHODS
  Six child care centers were pair-matched and randomly assigned to intervention (n = 3) and comparison (n = 3) groups. Parent/child dyads participated. Constructs of knowledge, outcome expectations, perceived control, subjective norms, and intentions were measured by a pre/post questionnaire. Hierarchical linear regression was used, and P < .05 was considered significant.
  
  
  RESULTS
  There were significant increases in knowledge (P = .01); outcome expectations for whole grains (P < .001); and subjective norms for fruit (P = .002), vegetables (P = .046), and whole grains (P = .02). Perceived control, outcome expectations, and intentions significantly predicted packing vegetables and knowledge predicted whole grains.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Lunch is in the Bag is a feasible intervention to improve the lunch-packing behaviors of parents of preschool-aged children.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nutritional Sciences, College of Natural Sciences, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA. sjsweitz@mail.utexas.edu
authors.forename: Sara J
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Sweitzer
authors.forename: Margaret E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Briley
authors.forename: Cindy
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Roberts-Gray
authors.forename: Deanna M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Hoelscher
authors.forename: Ronald B
authors.initials: RB
authors.lastname: Harrist
authors.forename: Deanna M
authors.initials: DM
authors.lastname: Staskel
authors.forename: Fawaz D
authors.initials: FD
authors.lastname: Almansour
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D002656:Child Day Care Centers; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004032:Diet / Q000379:methods*; D002523:Edible Grain; D005247:Feeding Behavior / Q000523:psychology*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D016487:Parenting; D010865:Pilot Projects; D015397:Program Evaluation; D014675:Vegetables