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Physical changes in the home environment to reduce television viewing and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among

S A French1, N E Sherwood2, M M JaKa3

  • 1Division of Epidemiology & Community Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA. frenc001@umn.edu.

Pediatric Obesity
|August 29, 2015
PubMed

Insights

A home-based intervention effectively reduced television viewing in overweight children from lower-income families. However, it did not significantly impact sugar-sweetened beverage intake or body mass index (BMI) z-scores.

Area of Science:

  • Pediatric Health
  • Behavioral Interventions
  • Obesity Prevention

Background:

  • Childhood obesity is a significant public health concern, particularly in lower-income populations.
  • Excessive television viewing and high sugar-sweetened beverage consumption are contributing factors to childhood overweight and obesity.
  • Home environment interventions show promise for modifying children's health behaviors.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To evaluate the feasibility of a home-based intervention designed to decrease sugar-sweetened beverage intake and television viewing in overweight children.
  • To assess the intervention's impact on television viewing hours, sugar-sweetened beverage consumption, and body mass index (BMI) z-scores.

Main Methods:

  • A randomized controlled trial was conducted with 40 overweight children (aged 5-12 years) from lower-income families.
  • The intervention group received a 6-month home environment intervention including TV locking devices and delivery of non-caloric beverages.
  • A control group received no intervention. Data were collected at baseline and 6 months.

Main Results:

  • The intervention group showed a significant reduction in daily television viewing hours compared to the control group (1.7 vs. 2.6 hours/day, P < .01).
  • Sugar-sweetened beverage intake was marginally lower in the intervention group (0.21 vs. 0.45 servings/day, P < .09).
  • No significant difference in body mass index (BMI) z-score was observed between the groups after 6 months.

Conclusions:

  • A home-based intervention can successfully reduce television viewing in overweight, lower-income children.
  • The intervention did not significantly alter sugar-sweetened beverage intake or BMI z-scores in this population.
  • Further research is needed to optimize home-based strategies for comprehensive obesity prevention in children.

Keywords:
Pediatric obesity preventionsugar-sweetened beveragestelevision viewing

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