NCT03678779

Snack It Up for Parents: Interventions to Improve Children's Snacks

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 17 (actual)
• Sponsor: Tufts University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Influencing children's snacking habits has the potential to reap long-term rewards, yet few studies have focused on helping parents to provide healthier snacks for their children. The study tested the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of parent interventions to improve snacks for children ages 8-12.

Detailed description

Objective. Influencing children's snacking habits has the potential to reap long-term rewards, yet few studies have focused on helping parents to provide healthier snacks for their children. The study tested the feasibility and preliminary effectiveness of parent interventions to improve snacks for children ages 8-12. Methods. Parents of children enrolled in an out-of-school-time soccer program in a low-income school district (n 16) were recruited. A comparison of 3 randomly-assigned interventions was conducted: 4 parents received grocery store gift cards (Incentive); 7 received nutrition education videos with tip sheets (Education); and 5 received both (Combined). The interventions were assessed qualitatively by interviewing parents and quantitatively to determine motivation (psychosocial survey) and children's snack quality (web-based 24-hour recall).

Conditions

• Snacking

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Incentive	$5 grocery gift card
BEHAVIORAL	Education	Video-based brief nutrition education
BEHAVIORAL	Combined	Both Incentive and Education interventions received

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-03-01
• Primary completion: 2016-08-01
• Completion: 2016-08-01
• First posted: 2018-09-20
• Last updated: 2018-09-20