A Trial to Increase Child Vegetable Intake Through Behavioral Strategies

University of Minnesota (UMN)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obesity, Childhood

Treatments: Behavioral: Parent-led behavioral strategies

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03641521

1111S06501

Details and patient eligibility

About

A community nutrition trial among a diverse low-income population that tested the effect of parent-child cooking nutrition intervention on vegetable intake among 9-12 children.

Full description

This study was a nonrandomized, controlled trial to determine whether a series of 6 weekly parent-child vegetable cooking skills classes and parent-led strategies informed by behavioral economics (1/week) (intervention group) improved dietary and non-dietary outcomes of a racially and ethnically diverse sample of low-income children (ages 9-12) more than a vegetable cooking skills program alone (control group).

Enrollment: 103 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 9+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participant child must be 9-12 years old
• Parent must be the main food preparer for the household
• The family must qualify for some form of public assistance
• Have a phone
• Must not have participated in a previous Cooking Matters for Families in the past 3 years
• Be able to read, speak, and understand English (or Spanish for Spanish-only courses).

Exclusion criteria

*No exclusions other than those that do not meet inclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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103 participants in 2 patient groups

Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

The intervention consisted of an enhanced Cooking Matters® for Families program that included behavioral strategies derived from behavioral economics, to be implemented by parents at home for increasing vegetable intake of low-income 9-12 year old children

Treatment:

Behavioral: Parent-led behavioral strategies

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

The control arm consisted of the enhanced Cooking Matters® for Families program alone--without lessons about the behavioral strategies for the parents