Adult- and teen-led education use in healthful grocery shopping and menu planning for parents and their adolescents
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description: "Background. The average dietary pattern among young American adolescents does not meet the national Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Dietary habits developed in this age predict intake patterns in adulthood. Thus, poor dietary habits will persist and lead to elevated risk for obesity development. Interventions that cultivate healthful dietary habits among this population are needed to reduce obesity risk. Young adolescence is a unique life-stage of rapid physical and cognitive development that coincides with an expansion of social environments that include influences from peers, where an exponential amount of time is spent together, in addition to family. Objective. To determine the feasibility for and effectiveness of a menu planning workshop, and a grocery store tour, to be led by young adolescent leaders to parents and their young adolescent children. Methods. The menu planning workshop was evaluated using a randomized study design, where a convenience sample of 32 participants (15 parents and their 17 adolescent children) attended a workshop led by either an adult leader (AL) or teen leader (TL). The grocery store tour was evaluated using a randomized controlled pilot study, where a convenience sample of 132 participants (61 parents and 71 adolescent children) were enrolled. Families were randomly assigned to one of three groups: 1) an AL tour group (n=21 families); 2) a TL tour group (n=20 families); or 3) a 6-month waitlist control (CG) group (n=20 families). In both studies, process evaluations were conducted using observations as well as participant reports of perceptions of the programs. Participants completed questionnaires related to knowledge, self-efficacy, and program strategy use before participation and again immediately post- and at 3- and 6-months post-program. Results. In the menu planning workshop pilot study, the majority of program tasks (>75%) were rated as ""completed well"" when led by either ALs or TLs. Among both parent and adolescent at…
abstract: "Background. The average dietary pattern among young American adolescents does not meet the national Dietary Guidelines for Americans. Dietary habits developed in this age predict intake patterns in adulthood. Thus, poor dietary habits will persist and lead to elevated risk for obesity development. Interventions that cultivate healthful dietary habits among this population are needed to reduce obesity risk. Young adolescence is a unique life-stage of rapid physical and cognitive development that coincides with an expansion of social environments that include influences from peers, where an exponential amount of time is spent together, in addition to family. Objective. To determine the feasibility for and effectiveness of a menu planning workshop, and a grocery store tour, to be led by young adolescent leaders to parents and their young adolescent children. Methods. The menu planning workshop was evaluated using a randomized study design, where a convenience sample of 32 participants (15 parents and their 17 adolescent children) attended a workshop led by either an adult leader (AL) or teen leader (TL). The grocery store tour was evaluated using a randomized controlled pilot study, where a convenience sample of 132 participants (61 parents and 71 adolescent children) were enrolled. Families were randomly assigned to one of three groups: 1) an AL tour group (n=21 families); 2) a TL tour group (n=20 families); or 3) a 6-month waitlist control (CG) group (n=20 families). In both studies, process evaluations were conducted using observations as well as participant reports of perceptions of the programs. Participants completed questionnaires related to knowledge, self-efficacy, and program strategy use before participation and again immediately post- and at 3- and 6-months post-program. Results. In the menu planning workshop pilot study, the majority of program tasks (>75%) were rated as ""completed well"" when led by either ALs or TLs. Among both parent and adolescent at…
author: Nikolaus, Cassandra J
language: en
keywords: peer education, obesity prevention, nutrition education, grocery shopping, menu planning, young adolescence
date published: 2016-11-10T18:27:04Z
date modified: 2026-07-22T22:26:35Z
provider: University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign
publisher: Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations
type: WebPage
source organization: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

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