NCT03412825

Diet, Nutrient Status, and Food Insecurity

The Effect of Dietary Supplementation on Nutrient Status in Families Living in a Food Insecure Environment

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Arkansas, Fayetteville · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 7 Years – 100 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Arkansas has one of the highest rates for food insecurity and 27.7% of children in the University of Arkansas area are food insecure. In addition, more than 14% of children ages 2-4 are obese and 20% of children ages 10-17 are obese. In Northwest Arkansas, the area surrounding the University of Arkansas in Fayetteville (Washington County), the food insecurity rate for adults is 17.9% (an estimated 34,730 individuals) and the food insecurity rate for children under 17 years of age is 24.4% (12,150 individuals). In addition, the surrounding counties have similar food insecurity rates (This makes Northwest Arkansas an ideal location to conduct a pilot study focusing on egg supplementation, childhood obesity, and food insecurity (http://www.feedingamerica.org/hunger-in-america/our-research/map-the-meal-gap).

Conditions

• Food Insecurity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	Egg supplementation	Participants will required to consume 2 eggs per day, 5 days a week (a total of 10 eggs per week).

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-12-01
• Primary completion: 2018-11-30
• Completion: 2018-11-30
• First posted: 2018-01-26
• Last updated: 2019-04-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States