Changes in diet quality and home food environment in preschool children following weight management

Table 3 Frequency of foods in the home food environment of preschool children with obesity enrolled in a family-based obesity treatment intervention

	LAUNCH¹	MI¹	STC¹	Condition²	Time²	Condition x Time²
‘Red’ Foods				0.170	< 0.001***	< 0.001***
Baseline	15.3 ± 3.4	14.4 ± 4.7	15.6 ± 3.4
6 months	12.5 ± 3.4	14.0 ± 3.7	14.3 ± 3.4
‘Green’ Foods				0.340	0.495	0.069
Baseline	24.6 ± 8.3	23.8 ± 8.2	25.4 ± 7.2
6 months	26.8 ± 8.1	22.8 ± 7.7	24.2 ± 8.1
Fruits				0.800	0.443	0.603
Baseline	6.0 ± 3.0	5.9 ± 3.0	5.9 ± 3.2
6 months	6.4 ± 3.0	5.6 ± 3.2	5.8 ± 3.3
Vegetables				0.407	0.330	0.123
Baseline	10.6 ± 4.6	10.2 ± 4.4	10.8 ± 4.8
6 months	11.5 ± 4.6	9.4 ± 4.0	10.2 ± 4.8
FVs				0.500	0.234	0.148
Baseline	16.6 ± 6.7	16.2 ± 6.3	16.7 ± 6.6
6 months	17.8 ± 6.9	15.0 ± 5.9	15.9 ± 7.2

¹Values are raw data means ± SDs. At baseline LAUNCH, n = 47; MI, n = 50; STC, n = 54 and at 6 months LAUNCH, n = 43; MI = 44; STC = 48. ²Values are P-values
FVs = fruits and vegetables
*P < 0.05; ** P < 0.01; ***P < 0.001

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