Good Bowls: Eat Well At Work (EWAW)

Equiti Food

Status: Active, not recruiting

Conditions: Nutrition, Healthy; Behavior, Eating

Treatments: Behavioral: Good Bowls + App Nudges; Behavioral: Good Bowls

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; Industry; NIH

Identifiers

NCT05776303

22-2412

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goal of this clinical trial is to improve the health of workers at their worksite by providing subsidized healthy meals supported by nutrition education and behavioral nudges using mobile health and Bluetooth technology.

The aim of this study is to:

Randomize 240 individuals in 8-10 worksites to either Good Bowls alone or Good Bowls + Phone App nudges. Using a crossover design, the primary outcome is the score on a validated Mediterranean diet screener, with secondary outcomes including weight, blood pressure, carotenoid levels, and food security.

Participants: Workers at blue and white-collar worksites.

Procedures: Workers will be recruited from 8-10 worksites who will be initially randomized within each site to Good Bowls alone or Good Bowls + Phone App nudges. Initial assignment will be followed for four months, after which the groups will crossover for the subsequent four months. The investigators will collect survey data as well as some physiologic measures including skin scanning (non-invasive), weight, and blood pressure. Effects between groups will be determined.

Enrollment: 240 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Employed at participating worksite
• No plans to move from the area for at least 1 year
• Free living to the extent that participant has control over dietary intake
• Willing and able to provide written informed consent and participate in all study activities

Exclusion criteria

• Severe food allergies
• Advanced kidney disease (estimated creatinine clearance < 30 ml/min)
• Known psychosis or major psychiatric illness that prevents participation with study activities
• Cognitive impairment, frailty, or other disability such that individual cannot fully participate in study activities

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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240 participants in 2 patient groups

Good Bowls + App Nudges, followed by Good Bowls alone

Experimental group

Description:

Participants in this arm will be exposed to Good Bowls + App Nudges throughout the first four months followed by four months of Good Bowls alone.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Good Bowls + App Nudges

Behavioral: Good Bowls

Good Bowls, followed by Good Bowls + App Nudges

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants in this arm will be exposed to Good Bowls alone throughout the first four months followed by four months of Good Bowls + App Nudges.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Good Bowls + App Nudges

Behavioral: Good Bowls