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Table 2 Children’s consumption of target foods at baseline, post-intervention and at 2-year follow up

From: A longitudinal intervention to improve young children’s liking and consumption of new foods: findings from the Colorado LEAP study

 

Group

Baseline

Post-intervention

Y2 follow up

Δ Intake

Post-intervention – Baseline

Δ Intake Y2

follow up – Baseline

  

Mean (95% CI)

Mean (95% CI)

Mean (95% CI)

Mean (95% CI)

P-value

Mean (95% CI)

P-value

Jicama

Intervention

16.71 (10.9, 22.5)

34.1 (28.2, 40.0)

37.3 (30.8, 43.8)

17.4 (12.3, 22.5)

<.0001

20.6 (14.8, 26.4)

<.0001

Control

7.3 (0.7, 14.0)

10.6 (4.1, 17.2)

20.3 (12.6, 28.0)

3.3 (− 3.1, 9.7)

0.3094

13.0 (5.4, 20.5)

0.0008

Difference

9.4 (1.6, 17.2)

23.5 (15.6, 31.4)

17.0 (7.7, 26.3)

14.1 (5.9, 22.3)

0.0008

7.6 (−1.9, 17.1)

0.1144

Edamame

Intervention

7.6 (−0.2, 15.5)

12.4 (4.5, 20.4)

20.8 (12.6, 29.1)

4.8 (0.5, 9.1)

0.0280

13.2 (8.0, 18.4)

<.0001

Control

7.5 (−0.9, 15.8)

9.5 (1.2, 17.7)

28.9 (19.9, 37.9)

2.0 (−3.4, 7.4)

0.4652

21.4 (14.6, 28.2)

<.0001

Difference

0.2 (−10.8, 11.2)

3.0 (−8.1, 14.0)

−8.0 (− 19.9, 3.8)

2.8 (−4.1, 9.7)

0.4208

−8.2 (− 16.8, 0.4)

0.061

  1. 1All units are in grams
  2. 2P-values obtained using linear contrast statements from a hierarchical linear mixed model; the significance level was set at p < 0.05