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mHealth Improved Fruit and Vegetable Accessibility and Intake in Young Children
Ashlee Lane Bakırcı-Taylor1, Debra B Reed1, Barent McCool2
1Department of Nutritional Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.
Objective:
To explore the potential of mHealth using smartphones to improve fruit and vegetable intake in children.
Design:
A 10-week randomized control and intervention pilot study.
Setting:
Story time sessions at local libraries.
Participants:
A convenience sample of 30 parents and children (aged 3-8 years).
Intervention:
Delivery of nutrition intervention through the mobile Jump2Health website, Facebook posts, and text messages.
Main Outcome Measures:
Electronic food photos of children's meals and snacks, 10-question survey related to fruit and vegetable consumption, reflectance spectroscopy via Veggie Meter to measure skin carotenoid levels, body mass index percentiles, and a mobile learning survey.
Analysis:
Descriptive statistics and Wilcoxon matched-pairs signed-rank test.
Results:
Veggie Meter values for children and parents showed significant week × treatment interactions in the intervention group compared with the control group for both children (P < .001 and parents (P < .001).
Conclusions And Implications:
This pilot study offers a potentially effective program including a mobile Web site, social media, and test message components to increase fruit and vegetable intake of young children.
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