NCT01412697

An Intervention Targeting Fruit and Vegetable Intake Among Rural Youth

Fruit and Vegetable Intake Among Rural Youth Following a School-based Randomized Controlled Trial

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 1,119 (actual)
• Sponsor: Virginia Commonwealth University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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.

Conditions

• Imbalance of Constituents of Food Intake

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Fruit and vegetable intake in rural youth	A theory based health behavior intervention, developed for youth is presented to seventh grade youth over 8 weeks to test their improvement in their intake of fruits and vegetables.

Timeline

• Start date: 2008-09-01
• Primary completion: 2009-06-01
• Completion: 2010-11-01
• First posted: 2011-08-09
• Last updated: 2025-09-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States