ผลของโปรแกรมการส่งเสริมการจัดอาหารต่อพฤติกรรมการจัดอาหารของผู้ดูแล และภาวะโภชนาการของเด็กวัยก่อนเรียนที่มีน้ำหนักเกินเกณฑ์

Nisapichayapak Meesomsak; Usa Thohinung; Nuttaya Sritakaew

Authors

Nisapichayapak Meesomsak Faculty of Nursing, Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi
Usa Thohinung Facuty of nursing, Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi
Nuttaya Sritakaew Faculty of Nursing, Rajamangala University of Technology Thanyaburi

Keywords:

meal providing behavior, nutritional status, preschool caregiver, overweight

Abstract

Introduction: Nutrition is important for a child's growth and development. Promoting healthy food preparation among caregivers can help overweight preschool children reach a healthy weight.

Research objectives: This study aimed to investigate the effects of promoting healthy meal providing behaviors on the nutritional status of overweight preschool children.

Research methodology: This study employed a quasi-experimental design using a one-group pretest-posttest approach. The sample consisted of 30 caregivers of overweight preschool children, selected through purposive sampling. The research instruments included a caregiver food provision behavior questionnaire, a food preparation behavior promotion plan, a food preparation record, and a nutritional status record. Data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and paired t-test to compare outcomes before and after participation in the program.

Results: Caregivers of overweight preschool children demonstrated a statistically significant increase in their average food provision behavior scores after participating in the program (p <.05). Additionally, it was found that the preschool children in the experimental group showed statistically significant differences in nutritional status weight-for-age, height-for-age, and weight-for-height before and after participating in the program (p <.05).

Conclusion: The program successfully promoted behavior change among caregivers of overweight preschool children. It helped the caregivers adopt healthier food preparation practices, resulting in improved nutritional status for the children according to their age.

Implications: The sample size should be augmented, two-group studies should be performed to compare pre and post intervention outcomes, the data collection period should be prolonged to enhance the completeness and robustness of the research findings.

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