A Randomized Comparison Trial Examining the Impact of a Family-based Cooking Workshop

Mind the Gap! A Randomized Comparison Trial Examining the Impact of a Family-based Cooking Workshop on Vegetable Consumption, Self-efficacy and Willingness to Try of Children and Their Parents

Increasing fruit and vegetable intake is important to health but children's vegetable intake remains low. In younger age groups parents act as gatekeepers by providing access, availability, persuasion and modelling. This study aimed to enhance parent vegetable serving behaviour and child vegetable intake through an 8-week social cognitive theory-based family cooking program.

Inclusion Criteria:

• a family unit consisting of at least one parent and one child
• parents aged between 25 and 55 years of age
• children aged between nine and 13 years of age.

Exclusion Criteria:

• ability to comprehend English
• Participation of both the parent and the child