A mindful eating program improved home eating environment and reduced food insecurity among rural economically marginalized families
To address the urban-rural and socioeconomic disparities in childhood obesity, this study evaluated a childcare-based mindful eating intervention on improving eating behavior and home eating environment and reducing obesity and food insecurity among economically marginalized families in rural areas....
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| author | Jiying Ling Nagwan Zahry Sisi Chen Yingcen Xie Hannah Lalonde Lorraine B. Robbins Jean M. Kerver |
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| description | To address the urban-rural and socioeconomic disparities in childhood obesity, this study evaluated a childcare-based mindful eating intervention on improving eating behavior and home eating environment and reducing obesity and food insecurity among economically marginalized families in rural areas. A one-group pragmatic trial with a pretest-posttest design was conducted across 26 childcare classes in rural Midwestern U.S. Trained childcare teachers delivered a 14-week mindful eating intervention to preschoolers, consisting of one 20-minute session per week. Mixed-effects models were used to adjust for childcare center and classroom random effects. Two hundred preschoolers (mean age = 47.69 months, 50% female, 7.5% Hispanic) and 192 caregivers (mean age = 32.19 years, 96.4% female, 4.7% Hispanic) participated. One third caregivers were single, and 43.2% were unemployed. Household food insecurity rate decreased from 51% to 36% (p < .001). Home eating environment improved significantly. Preschoolers’ baseline weight status significantly modified the effects on BMI z-score (p = .044). Preschoolers who had overweight or obesity at baseline experienced an average decrease of 0.20 in their BMI z-score. Results support the promising effects of the intervention on improving home eating environment and reducing childhood obesity and food insecurity. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-06f891ecbdff4d0b96cbf96a4144ff632025-08-20T02:31:04ZengTaylor & Francis GroupCritical Public Health0958-15961469-36822025-12-0135110.1080/09581596.2025.2505110A mindful eating program improved home eating environment and reduced food insecurity among rural economically marginalized familiesJiying Ling0Nagwan Zahry1Sisi Chen2Yingcen Xie3Hannah Lalonde4Lorraine B. Robbins5Jean M. Kerver6College of Nursing, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USADepartment of Communication, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN, USADepartment of Exercise Science, Mercer University, Macon, GA, USACollege of Nursing, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USACollege of Nursing, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USACollege of Nursing, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USADepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USATo address the urban-rural and socioeconomic disparities in childhood obesity, this study evaluated a childcare-based mindful eating intervention on improving eating behavior and home eating environment and reducing obesity and food insecurity among economically marginalized families in rural areas. A one-group pragmatic trial with a pretest-posttest design was conducted across 26 childcare classes in rural Midwestern U.S. Trained childcare teachers delivered a 14-week mindful eating intervention to preschoolers, consisting of one 20-minute session per week. Mixed-effects models were used to adjust for childcare center and classroom random effects. Two hundred preschoolers (mean age = 47.69 months, 50% female, 7.5% Hispanic) and 192 caregivers (mean age = 32.19 years, 96.4% female, 4.7% Hispanic) participated. One third caregivers were single, and 43.2% were unemployed. Household food insecurity rate decreased from 51% to 36% (p < .001). Home eating environment improved significantly. Preschoolers’ baseline weight status significantly modified the effects on BMI z-score (p = .044). Preschoolers who had overweight or obesity at baseline experienced an average decrease of 0.20 in their BMI z-score. Results support the promising effects of the intervention on improving home eating environment and reducing childhood obesity and food insecurity.https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/09581596.2025.2505110Mindful eatingfood insecurityparentingchildrenrural |
| spellingShingle | Jiying Ling Nagwan Zahry Sisi Chen Yingcen Xie Hannah Lalonde Lorraine B. Robbins Jean M. Kerver A mindful eating program improved home eating environment and reduced food insecurity among rural economically marginalized families Critical Public Health Mindful eating food insecurity parenting children rural |
| title | A mindful eating program improved home eating environment and reduced food insecurity among rural economically marginalized families |
| title_full | A mindful eating program improved home eating environment and reduced food insecurity among rural economically marginalized families |
| title_fullStr | A mindful eating program improved home eating environment and reduced food insecurity among rural economically marginalized families |
| title_full_unstemmed | A mindful eating program improved home eating environment and reduced food insecurity among rural economically marginalized families |
| title_short | A mindful eating program improved home eating environment and reduced food insecurity among rural economically marginalized families |
| title_sort | mindful eating program improved home eating environment and reduced food insecurity among rural economically marginalized families |
| topic | Mindful eating food insecurity parenting children rural |
| url | https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/10.1080/09581596.2025.2505110 |
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