An Intervention Targeting Fruit and Vegetable Intake Among Rural Youth

Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Imbalance of Constituents of Food Intake

Treatments: Behavioral: Fruit and vegetable intake in rural youth

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01412697

#8520369

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators implemented a theory-based randomized controlled trial in ten rural Virginia middle schools in 2008-2010 and assessed the impact on health behaviors including fruit/vegetable intake as a primary outcome. Schools were randomized to intervention or control groups. Goal setting, peer leaders, and in-class workshops were intervention features. Seventh graders filled out surveys on health behaviors, psycho-social variables, and demographic characteristics. The investigators expected schools receiving the intervention to report a higher fruit-vegetable intake compared to control schools where students received standard health information. Sample (n=1,119) was 48.5% female, 50% White, with a mean age of 12.6 years. Fruit/vegetable intake was significantly higher in intervention schools at immediate post and at 1-year follow-up compared to controls.

Enrollment: 1,119 patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 7 grade youth
• attending participating middle schools

Exclusion criteria

• In grades other than 7th grade

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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1,119 participants in 2 patient groups

Fruit and Vegetable Intake Behavioral Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

measure fruit and vegetable intake in rural youth based on specific behavioral intervention.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Fruit and vegetable intake in rural youth

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

control group received the standard health information