NCT01510678

The Effect of Three Different Dietary Messages on Dietary Intake and Health in Families

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 45 (estimated)
• Sponsor: The University of Tennessee, Knoxville · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 6 Years – 12 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Examine the effect of three different dietary messages on dietary intake and the health of parents and their children.

Detailed description

The goal of this pilot study is to conduct a randomized controlled trial examining three dietary messages: increase fruits and vegetables \[INCREASE\], decrease energy-dense, non-nutrient dense snack foods \[DECREASE\], or increase fruits and vegetables plus decrease snack foods \[INCREASE+DECREASE\], within a 6-month, family-based obesity prevention intervention. Each condition will also focus on increasing family evening meals and physical activity. Primary hypotheses are: 1) INCREASE + DECREASE will consume a greater ratio of F\&Vs:SFs than INCREASE and DECREASE at 6 months. 2)INCREASE + DECREASE will consume less energy than INCREASE and DECREASE at 6 months.

Conditions

• Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Increase Fruits and Vegetables	Children will be encouraged to consume 1 cup/day and 1.5 cups/day of whole fruit, and 1.5 cups/day and 2 cups/day of vegetables for children aged 6 to 8 years and 9 to 12 years, respectively. Children will gradually work towards these goals. Parents will also work towards F\&V goals, with 2 cups/day of whole fruit and 2.5 cups/day of vegetables. Both parent and child will self-monitor these behaviors. As one barrier to consuming F\&Vs is perceived cost of these foods, information regarding lower-cost options for F\&Vs will be included in the manual.
BEHAVIORAL	Decrease Snack Foods	This condition will reduce intake of SFs (i.e., candy, cookies, cakes, ice cream, chips, nuts) to \< 3 servings/week (for children aged 6 to 12 years, the solid fats and added sugar energy limit is 840 kcals/week and the DECREASE goal will help with meeting this limit). Children and parents will gradually work towards meeting these goals and self-monitor these behaviors.
BEHAVIORAL	Increase Fruits and Vegetables and Decrease Snack Foods	Will combine the goals of the increase and decrease conditions.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-01-01
• Primary completion: 2018-12-31
• Completion: 2025-12-31
• First posted: 2012-01-16
• Last updated: 2025-04-03

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States