Elevated parent and child hair cortisol moderated the efficacy of a mindful eating intervention

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To explore whether elevated baseline hair cortisol moderated effects of a mindful eating intervention on anthropometrics, blood pressure (BP), household food insecurity, eating behaviour, and various psychosocial outcomes. The 14-week intervention included a parent Facebook-based programme, 3 parent meetings, preschooler letters connecting school learning to home practices, and a preschool-based mindful eating programme. Among 107 parent-preschooler dyads, mean age was 47.32 months for preschoolers and 30.12 years for parents. Among preschoolers, 54.2% were female, 8.4% were Hispanic, and 19.6% were Black. Among parents, 95.3% were female, 6.5% were Hispanic, 15.0% were Black, 39.4% were single, and 43.4% were unemployed. Preschoolers' elevated hair cortisol was related to a smaller reduction in preschoolers' % body fat (r =.31) and smaller increases in parents' perceived responsibility for child feeding (r = -.37). Parents' elevated hair cortisol was associated with smaller decreases in preschoolers' emotional eating (r = .39) and household food insecurity (r = .44). Relationships between baseline hair cortisol and post-intervention outcomes (BP, emotional eating, fruit/vegetable intake, food insecurity, and coping) varied by baseline values of outcome variables. Given that stress may attenuate intervention effects, a stress management component may be necessary to foster positive behavioural changes. Moreover, interventions should be tailored according to participants' characteristics to achieve optimal effects.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - year:2023

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Stress and health : journal of the International Society for the Investigation of Stress - (2023) vom: 18. Okt.

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Ling, Jiying [VerfasserIn]
Miller, Alison L [VerfasserIn]
Robbins, Lorraine B [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Nanhua [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Family
Hair cortisol
Head start
Health
Intervention
Journal Article
Stress

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Date Revised 19.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status Publisher

doi:

10.1002/smi.3333

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM363464786