PMID- 37830292
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20231221
LR  - 20231231
IS  - 1475-2727 (Electronic)
IS  - 1368-9800 (Print)
IS  - 1368-9800 (Linking)
VI  - 26
IP  - 12
DP  - 2023 Dec
TI  - Evaluation of a menu box delivery service for Australian long-day care services 
      to improve food provision and child intake: a cluster randomised controlled 
      trial.
PG  - 3122-3133
LID - 10.1017/S1368980023002136 [doi]
AB  - OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the impact of a menu box delivery service tailored to the 
      long-day care (LDC) setting on improving menu compliance with recommendations, 
      children's diet quality and dietary intake while in care. DESIGN: A cluster 
      randomised controlled trial in LDC centres randomly assigned to an intervention 
      (menu box delivery) or comparison (menu planning training) group. The primary 
      outcome was child food provision and dietary intake. Secondary outcomes include 
      menu compliance and process evaluation, including acceptability, fidelity and 
      menu cost (per child, per day). SETTING: South Australian LDC centres. 
      PARTICIPANTS: Eight LDC centres (n 224 children) provided data. RESULTS: No 
      differences were observed in serves/d between intervention and comparison 
      centres, for provision (intervention, 0.9 inter-quartile range (IQR) 0.7-1.2; 
      comparison, 0.8 IQR 0.5-1.3) or consumption (intervention, 0.5 IQR 0.2-0.8; 
      comparison, 0.5 IQR 0.3-0.9) of vegetables. Child food provision and dietary 
      intake were similar across both groups for all food groups (P < 0.05). At 
      follow-up, all intervention centres met menu planning guidelines for vegetables, 
      whereas only one comparison centre met guidelines. Intervention centre directors 
      found the menu box delivery more acceptable than cooks. Cost of the intervention 
      was AUD$2.34 greater than comparison centres (intervention, AUD$4.62 (95 % CI 
      ($4.58, $4.67)); comparison, AUD$2.28 (95 % CI ($2.27, $2.30)) per child, per 
      day). CONCLUSIONS: Menu compliance can be improved via a menu delivery service, 
      delivering equivalent impacts on child food provision and dietary intake compared 
      with an online training programme. Further exploration of cooks acceptability and 
      cost is essential before scaling up to implementation.
FAU - Kashef, Shabnam
AU  - Kashef S
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-2350-9665
AD  - Caring Futures Institute, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders 
      University, Bedford Park South Australia, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA5001, 
      Australia.
FAU - Bell, Lucinda K
AU  - Bell LK
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7251-9176
AD  - Caring Futures Institute, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders 
      University, Bedford Park South Australia, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA5001, 
      Australia.
FAU - Brown, Victoria
AU  - Brown V
AD  - Deakin Health Economics, Institute for Health Transformation, Deakin University, 
      Geelong, VIC, Australia.
FAU - Gardner, Claire
AU  - Gardner C
AD  - Caring Futures Institute, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders 
      University, Bedford Park South Australia, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA5001, 
      Australia.
FAU - Zarnowiecki, Dorota
AU  - Zarnowiecki D
AD  - Caring Futures Institute, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders 
      University, Bedford Park South Australia, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA5001, 
      Australia.
FAU - Morgillo, Samantha
AU  - Morgillo S
AD  - Caring Futures Institute, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders 
      University, Bedford Park South Australia, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA5001, 
      Australia.
FAU - Arguelles, Jennifer C
AU  - Arguelles JC
AD  - Nutrition Australia Victoria Division, Docklands, VIC, Australia.
FAU - Cox, David N
AU  - Cox DN
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-7625-0098
AD  - Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) Health and 
      Biosecurity, Adelaide, SA, Australia.
FAU - Golley, Rebecca K
AU  - Golley RK
AD  - Caring Futures Institute, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders 
      University, Bedford Park South Australia, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA5001, 
      Australia.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PT  - Randomized Controlled Trial
DEP - 20231013
PL  - England
TA  - Public Health Nutr
JT  - Public health nutrition
JID - 9808463
SB  - IM
MH  - Child
MH  - Humans
MH  - Australia
MH  - *Child Day Care Centers
MH  - *Food Services
MH  - Day Care, Medical
MH  - Health Promotion
MH  - Nutrition Policy
MH  - Vegetables
PMC - PMC10755420
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Childcare
OT  - Children
OT  - Diet
OT  - Food environments
OT  - Preschool
OT  - Public health
COIS- There are no conflicts of interest.
EDAT- 2023/10/13 06:45
MHDA- 2023/12/21 06:42
PMCR- 2023/12/01
CRDT- 2023/10/13 05:43
PHST- 2023/12/21 06:42 [medline]
PHST- 2023/10/13 06:45 [pubmed]
PHST- 2023/10/13 05:43 [entrez]
PHST- 2023/12/01 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - S1368980023002136 [pii]
AID - 10.1017/S1368980023002136 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Public Health Nutr. 2023 Dec;26(12):3122-3133. doi: 10.1017/S1368980023002136. 
      Epub 2023 Oct 13.