Strategies for Effective Eating Development-SEEDS: Design of an Obesity Prevention Program to Promote Healthy Food Preferences and Eating Self-Regulation in Children From Low-Income Families.
To develop a scientifically based childhood obesity prevention program supporting child eating self-regulation and taste preferences. This article describes the research methods for the Strategies for Effective Eating Development program. A logic model is provided that depicts a visual presentation of the activities that will be used to guide the development of the prevention program.



Randomized, controlled prevention program, pretest, posttest, 6 months, and 12 months.



Two sites: Houston, TX and Pasco, WA. Each trial will last 7 weeks with 8-10 mother-child dyads in each arm (prevention and control).



Recruitment at Head Start districts (Texas; n = 160) and Inspire Child Development Center including Early Childhood Education and Head Start (Washington; n = 160). Sixteen trials with 16-20 parent-child dyads per trial will provide adequate power to detect moderate effects.



Multicomponent family-based prevention program incorporating a dialogue approach to adult learning and self-determination theory.



Child assessments will include observed taste preferences, caloric compensation, and eating in the absence of hunger. Parent assessments will include parent-reported feeding, feeding emotions, acculturation, child eating behaviors, child food preferences, and child dietary intake. Heights and weights will be measured for parent and child.



A multilevel growth modeling analysis will be employed to consider the nested nature of the data: time points (level 1) within families (level 2) within trials (level 3).
US Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX. Electronic address: shughes@bcm.edu.
Sheryl O
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Hughes
Department of Human Development, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
Thomas G
TG
Power
Department of Human Development, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
Ashley
A
Beck
Department of Human Development, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
Drew
D
Betz
Department of Human Development, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
Shirley
S
Calodich
Department of Food, Bioprocessing, and Nutritional Sciences, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
L Suzanne
LS
Goodell
Department of Human Development, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
Laura G
LG
Hill
Department of Human Development, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
Rachael
R
Hill
US Department of Agriculture/Agricultural Research Service Children's Nutrition Research Center, Department of Pediatrics, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX.
J Andrea
JA
Jaramillo
Department of Pediatrics, Section of Nutrition, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO.
Susan L
SL
Johnson
Department of Human Development, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
Jane
J
Lanigan
Department of Human Development, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
Adair
A
Lawrence
Department of Human Development, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
AnaMaria Diaz
AD
Martinez
Office of the Provost, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
Merrianneeta
M
Nesbitt
Department of Human Development, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
Irene
I
Overath
Department of Human Development, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
Louise
L
Parker
Department of Educational Leadership, Sport Studies, and Educational/Counseling Psychology, Washington State University, Pullman, WA.
Sarah
S
Ullrich-French
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child eating self-regulation; childhood obesity; family-based; food preferences; prevention program