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Elizabeth McGarvey, EdD, Adrienne Keller, PhD, Mena Forrester, MS, RD, Erin Williams, MS, RD, Donna Seward, CHE and David E. Suttle, MD

Elizabeth McGarvey and Adrienne Keller are with the Department of Psychiatric Medicine, University of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville. At the time of this study, Mena Forrester was with the Virginia Department of Health, Richmond, VA. Erin Williams, Donna Seward, and David E. Suttle are with the Virginia Department of Health, Richmond.

Correspondence: Requests for reprints should be sent to Elizabeth McGarvey, EdD, PO Box 800623, University of Virginia Health Systems, Charlottesville, VA 22908 (e-mail: rel8s{at}virginia.edu).

Objectives. This field study tested the feasibility and benefits of a program to promote 6 targeted parental behaviors to prevent obesity in children served by the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC).

Methods. Two WIC sites participated in a nonrandomized, controlled 1-year prospective study to assess parents’ self-reported behavior changes.

Results. Statistical analyses of preintervention and postintervention assessments of parental behavior demonstrated significant changes in 2 behaviors: frequency of offering the child water and frequency of engaging in active play with the child. In both cases, the intervention proved effective in increasing the desired behavior.

Conclusions. The findings demonstrate the feasibility of changing parental behaviors through multidimensional education in a WIC clinic setting.

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