A Positive Food Parenting Intervention to Promote Healthy Growth in Children at Risk for Obesity
This study is the pilot of a 12 - week positive food parenting intervention focused on structure-based and autonomy promoting practices. The intervention aims to give parents the tools to promote healthy child growth and improve diet quality. The investigators are piloting to assess feasibility and efficacy of the intervention through examining participant retention, impact on parent feeding practices, and impact on parent and child diet quality.
• Age \> 18 years old.
• Have a child between the ages of 5 - 11 who is at risk for obesity (child BMI percentile \> 85th) or parent it concerned about their child developing overweight or obesity
• Low use of positive food parenting (Defined as: low reports of individual nutrition education/ knowledge OR reports low levels of structure, involvement, or encouragement in their food parenting practices)
• Must be responsible for feeding their eligible child at least 50% of the time.
• Fluent in English.
• Have access to internet and a Zoom compatible device.
• Their parent/ guardian is eligible and participating in the study.
• Ages 5 - 11
• Is not current diagnosed with a clinical eating disorder (ED).
• Is not on any medications, or have any conditions, that could influence the child's taste, appetite, or olfactory sensory responsiveness.