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A Multicomponent Intervention Helped Reduce Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake in Economically Disadvantaged Hispanic
Du Feng1, Huaxin Song2, M Christina Esperat2
1School of Nursing, University of Nevada, Las Vegas du.feng@unlv.edu.
Purpose:
This study aimed to examine the effect of a multicomponent intervention program on consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs), and lifestyle factors associated with SSB intake, in Hispanic children from low-income families.
Design:
A five-wave longitudinal study using a quasi-experimental design was conducted.
Setting:
Five elementary schools in West Texas served as the setting.
Subjects:
Participants included 555 predominantly Hispanic children (ages 5-9 years) from low-income families and their parents (n = 525).
Intervention:
A multicomponent intervention program was implemented.
Measures:
Children's anthropometric measures were obtained. Their weight status was determined based on body mass index for age and gender. Parents responded to a demographic questionnaire, a shelf inventory, an acculturation scale, and a family survey.
Analysis:
Growth curve analyses were used to test differences between intervention and comparison participants' SSB intake and to examine potential covariates.
Results:
Comparison group children's daily SSB intake significantly increased over time (B = 1.06 ± .40 ounces per month, p < .01), but this linear increase of SSB was slowed down by the intervention (B = -.29 ± .12, p < .05). More daily TV time, more fast food intake, and more types of SSBs available at home were associated with higher SSB intake.
Conclusion:
Risk factors of childhood obesity were associated with each other. The intervention program produced a modest reduction in SSB consumed by economically disadvantaged and predominantly Hispanic children.
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