NCT02787564

Offering Free Fruits and Vegetables to Men at Risk of Poverty

Studie Zum Einfluss Der Bereitstellung Von Kostenlosem Favorisiertem Obst Und Gemüse Auf Das Ernährungsverhalten

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 61 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Hohenheim · Academic / Other
• Sex: Male
• Age: 30 Years – 80 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The study aims to investigate whether the provision of free fresh fruits and vegetables to middle-aged men at risk of poverty increases their fruit and vegetable intake over a period of 4 weeks.

Detailed description

A total of 100 men (\> 30 years, living alone) with a low SES will be randomly assigned to a control or intervention group while controlling for food bank use. The intervention group will receive free fresh fruits and vegetables consisting of 2 daily portions of their favorite variety over a period of 4 weeks which will be provided to them once per week. All participants will be asked to fill out a demographic questionnaire as well as a Food Frequency Questionnaire (FFQ), a questionnaire on variety of fruits and vegetables consumed and a 24-h-food-recall questionnaire. All questionnaires will be administered by trained interviewers. During the study period, the 24h-food recall questionnaire will be administered four more times; two times before the 4-week intervention period and two times after the intervention period. After the 4-week intervention period, interviewers will administered the FFQ and the questionnaire on variety. Participants assigned to the control group will receive a fruit and vegetable basket after 4 weeks after baseline. All participants will receive gift certificates for local supermarkets in the amount of 35,00 €.

Conditions

• Dietary Habits

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Intervention Group	The intervention consists of providing free fruits and vegetables of the participants' liking for a period of 4 weeks. Each week, a total of 2 portions of either fruits and/or vegetables per day will be provided.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-02-01
• Primary completion: 2016-06-01
• Completion: 2016-06-01
• First posted: 2016-06-01
• Last updated: 2018-06-28
• Results posted: 2017-10-13

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Germany