Dipti Dev Researches Child Feeding Strategies

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01/26/2015 Added

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Research being conducted by CYAF's Dipti Dev suggests that parents and child caregivers can improve the healthy eating habits of children by the way food is served.

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[00:00:03.399][Teacher]: Oh, this chicken. It's in a
[00:00:05.698]sweet and sour sauce. It looks so yummy.
[00:00:09.739][Narrator]: Getting a child to eat vegetables
[00:00:12.559]may seem like a tall order, but not if you
[00:00:15.679]know what to say.
[00:00:16.799][Teacher]: Oh, and look at these vegetables,
[00:00:19.039]look at how colorful they are.
[00:00:20.899][Narrator]: Simple changes in the way
[00:00:23.019]parents and caregivers talk to kids at the
[00:00:25.319]table can make a difference. What doesn't
[00:00:27.479]work? Pressure and restriction.
[00:00:29.899][Dr. Dev]: So research has shown that
[00:00:32.639]when you use restrictive feeding practices
[00:00:36.339]it is a risk factor for childhood obesity.
[00:00:39.479]Also, pressuring children to eat leads to
[00:00:42.959]a dislike of that particular food that
[00:00:46.738]persists in adolescents as well as in
[00:00:49.779]adulthood.
[00:00:50.799][Narrator]: Dipti Dev helps children
[00:00:52.599]develop healthy eating habits by sharing
[00:00:55.259]research and information with parents and
[00:00:57.879]childcare providers.
[00:00:59.579][Dr. Dev]: Childhood obesity is a national
[00:01:01.559]health concern both in terms of prevalence
[00:01:04.379]and severity, and preschool age is very
[00:01:07.659]important formative developmental year
[00:01:10.979]where children are learning about their
[00:01:13.279]likes and dislikes.
[00:01:14.719][Teacher]: What's your favorite part of
[00:01:16.359]your vegetable?
[00:01:17.339][Child]: Carrot.
[00:01:18.318][Dr. Dev]: So helping providers focus on
[00:01:20.219]healthful feeding, like role modeling
[00:01:22.879]healthy eating, sitting with children,
[00:01:25.099]eating meals together with children.
[00:01:27.299][Narrator]: Dr. Dev develops videos and
[00:01:29.039]workbooks to make mealtime nutritious and
[00:01:32.399]easy.
[00:01:33.319][Dr. Dev]: Then, you focus on the motivators.
[00:01:35.299]When you are talking to the parents...
[00:01:37.798][Narrator]: Programming includes strategies
[00:01:40.018]to encourage healthy eating and information
[00:01:42.639]about issues such as how to deal with a
[00:01:45.239]child who is irritable or crying.
[00:01:47.059][Dr. Dev]: Children can have their own
[00:01:49.658]stress, they might be tired, they might
[00:01:51.539]be feeling sick, so how do you handle
[00:01:53.879]such situations without giving food as
[00:01:57.899]reward, without practicing those unhealthy
[00:02:00.498]feeding practices?
[00:02:03.019][Narrator]: Graduate students who work with
[00:02:04.959]Dr. Dev are encouraged to be part of her
[00:02:07.038]research and develop their own ideas.
[00:02:09.279]At a research poster fair, students shared
[00:02:12.639]individual research projects.
[00:02:14.599][Dr. Dev]: Think of yourself as a
[00:02:16.679]collaborator, not just a student. Make the
[00:02:19.499]project your own, be excited about it.
[00:02:22.419]Do some research about it that, you know,
[00:02:25.078]how you can make it more creative, make
[00:02:27.898]it more innovative, and feel that, you know,
[00:02:30.659]you have a sense of belonging in it.
[00:02:33.839][Carmun Kok]: She's really knowledgeable
[00:02:35.819]in her field, in what she does, and then
[00:02:38.199]I got different experiences just with, you know,
[00:02:41.239]like the poster and then we're working on
[00:02:43.219]manuscript to publish, and I'm really
[00:02:45.578]interested in extension work, and she does
[00:02:48.438]some of that too.
[00:02:50.139][Narrator]: In the future, Dr. Dev
[00:02:51.758]would like to see her nutritional programming
[00:02:53.998]pilot tested and distributed nationally.
[00:02:56.599][Dr. Dev]: I am extremely passionate
[00:02:58.639]about what I'm doing because most importantly
[00:03:01.939]I think my research is really applied.
[00:03:05.359]I also derive great purpose and passion
[00:03:10.019]when I'm talking with parents and childcare
[00:03:12.998]providers about this.

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