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Involving parents in interventions designed to promote nutritional outcomes such as dietary intake in children has been shown to improve parental feeding practices. However, it remains unclear how such interventions influence children\u2019s eating behaviour outcomes. This protocol describes the methods of a systematic review evaluating the effectiveness of interventions involving parents in improving the eating behaviours of healthy children aged 0\u201312 years.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Methods and analysis<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Electronic databases including MEDLINE, EMBASE, CENTRAL, APA PsycINFO, CINAHL, Scopus and Web of Science will be searched from inception to September 2025. A search strategy is developed to identify randomised controlled trials directly involving parents and reporting eating behaviours in children as either primary or secondary outcomes. Two independent reviewers will screen identified records and extract data on study, participant and intervention characteristics. Study results relevant to our primary and secondary outcomes will also be extracted using a prepiloted standardised data extraction form. We will use the Revised Cochrane Risk of Bias tool (RoB2) and Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation approach to assess risk of bias and certainty of evidence, respectively. Where possible, meta\u2010analysis using random\u2010effects models will be performed; otherwise a qualitative summary will be provided.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Ethics and dissemination<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Ethics approval is not required for this study as no primary data will be collected. 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