Preschool Plates

Preschool Plates is a cohort study which seeks to use innovative mixed-methods to understand how the use of specific food parenting practices varies across time and context, and how various food parenting approaches impact children’s dietary intake over the long term. A longitudinal study with 240 parent-child pairs will be conducted with data collection via state-of-the-art measures, including surveys, ecological momentary assessment (EMA) and interview-led 24-hour diet recalls, every 6 months for two years. The study represents a significant and necessary next step to inform the development of randomized-controlled trials to test the effectiveness of clinic-based recommendations and public health interventions that account for- and are responsive to- daily challenges found to influence parent’s use of specific food parenting practices.