Researchers in France recently conducted a randomized controlled trial to test whether family dietary coaching would improve nutrition and weight control issues for children and their parents.
The study was reported in the January issue of Archives of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, involved 1,000 families in France. The families were assigned to one of three groups: Group A was advised to reduce fat and increase complex carbohydrate. Group B was advised to reduce fat and sugar and increase complex carbohydrate. Group C served as a control group and was given no dietary advice. Groups A and B also received phone counseling and internet based support.
At the end of the study, both groups A and B achieved most of their nutritional goals. Fat intake was reduced and to a lesser extent sugar, complex carbohydrates where increased, whereas the control group experienced no changes. Children in both groups A and B reduced there BMI. Parents in group A had similar success; Parents in group B experienced no change in BMI. This led researchers to conclude that family dietary coaching does improve nutritional intake in children and may even benefit parents.
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