Healthy eating is important for children after cancer treatment
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Children’s diets often change during and after cancer treatment. Our team has found that many children become ‘fussy eaters’ and parents struggle to motivate them to eat vegetables after they have finished cancer treatment. Healthy eating habits, including eating plenty of vegetables and fruit, is critical in helping to prevent young cancer survivors from developing a late effect of their cancer treatment such as heart disease, diabetes, obesity and osteoporosis.
Our team have developed a new parent online intervention called ‘Reboot-Kids’. It aims to give parents the tools and strategies to help their child eat a healthier diet after they finish cancer treatment. It is a four-session program that delivers personalised nutritional coaching both online and by telephone. Your feedback will help us to improve the delivery of dietary support for parents of young cancer survivors in the future. |
What this study aims to achieve
The study aims to improve:
We are also interested in understanding how effective ‘Reboot Kids’ is in increasing young survivors’ intake of fruit and vegetables compared with parents who don’t receive the intervention straight away, and if it is acceptable to parents of young survivors treated at different hospitals across Australia.
- Young survivors’ dietary intake, particularly for fruits and vegetables
- Parents’ confidence in promoting healthier eating habits to their child
- Support parents to create a healthier home food environment
We are also interested in understanding how effective ‘Reboot Kids’ is in increasing young survivors’ intake of fruit and vegetables compared with parents who don’t receive the intervention straight away, and if it is acceptable to parents of young survivors treated at different hospitals across Australia.
Would you like to be involved?
This study is currently recruiting parents who meet the following criteria:
- Have a child aged between 2 and 12 years;
- previously diagnosed with cancer;
- are currently in remission;
- and completed cancer treatment less than 5 years ago
What does study participation involve?
- You will be asked to participate in four online modules and four over-the-phone consultations with a psychologist specialising in promoting healthy eating behaviours in young survivors of childhood cancer (these should take up to 30 minutes each)
- Complete questionnaires before and after the online modules, which should take about 20-30 minutes each to complete