Optimizing Nutrition Education for Parents and Teachers for Healthy Growth (ONE PATH)
ONE PATH
The ONE PATH study utilizes an innovative strategy, Multiphase Optimization Strategy (MOST), to test intervention components targeting three unique audiences, 1) early childhood education (ECE) providers, 2) preschool children, and 3) parents, to address childhood obesity in rural, underserved areas in Central Pennsylvania.
Project Details
Dates: July 2019 – December 2025
PI: Jennifer Savage Williams
Co-I: Kathleen Keller, Lori Francis, Kari Kugler
Sponsor: National Institute of Health (National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases)
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Project Goals:
To identify which intervention components improve caregiver (ECE providers and parents) feeding practices and children’s appetite regulation (primary outcomes), and children's BMI z-scores (secondary outcome) over the course of 1 academic year (September through May). Results from this study will be used to build an efficient, optimized obesity prevention intervention for a vulnerable population at a critical developmental period to be evaluated in a future randomized controlled trial.
Project Findings and Resources:
Hohman EE, McNitt KM, Eagleton SG, Francis LA, Keller KL, Savage JS. Validation of a Classroom Version of the Eating in the Absence of Hunger Paradigm in Preschoolers. Front Nutr. 2022 Jan 5;8:787461. doi: 10.3389/fnut.2021.787461. PMID: 35071296; PMCID: PMC8768940.
