NCT06928636

Supper Heroes: Examining the Impact of an Online Eating Intervention for Families

Supper Heroes: Randomized Controlled Trial to Examine the Impact of an Online Environmentally Friendly Eating Intervention for Families

• Status: Not Yet Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 330 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Guelph · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study will examine the effectiveness of the online family-based program focused on sustainable eating compared to weekly emails about environmentally friendly behaviours.

Detailed description

The investigators will conduct a family-level RCT following CONSORT guidelines: families will be randomly allocated into control and intervention groups. The control group will receive an email once a week for 7 weeks with information about environmentally friendly habits. The intervention group will participate in the 7-week online Supper Heroes program consisting of 7 online "missions" completed over 7 weeks. Each mission includes tasks for families to complete, including reading infographics, watching short videos, participating in family-based activities, and sharing their progress. Parents will receive 2 text messages each week with information about the program. Families will also receive a toolkit to support their participation which will contain cookbooks, a potato brush, grocery planning tools, and a note that orients them to what is included. It will take approximately 1-2 hours per mission to complete all activities. * Infographics: Each mission will contain brief, 1-2-page infographics for families to read. Topics are related to the mission theme for that week. For example, families may learn about tips for grocery shopping and meal planning as well as information about plant-based proteins. * Videos: Similar to the infographics, short, 1-5-minute online videos will be related to the theme of the mission participants are completing. For example, families will watch a short, animated video about grocery shopping. * Family-based activities: During each mission, participants will be invited to participate in a family-based activity such as follow-along cooking videos, doing an audit of their fridge, and creating a grocery shopping list. * Sharing: Families will be asked to share their experiences for each mission on an online community share board by providing a photo and/or text.

Conditions

• Eating Behaviors

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Supper Heroes online environmentally friendly eating intervention for families	Families randomized to the intervention group will complete a 7-week Supper Heroes program that includes activities focused on making more meals at home, reducing food waste, and eating more plant-based foods.
BEHAVIORAL	Monthly emails about environmentally friendly habits	Families randomized to the control group will receive monthly emails for 6 months about environmentally friendly habits.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-07-01
• Primary completion: 2027-04-01
• Completion: 2027-12-01
• First posted: 2025-04-15
• Last updated: 2025-04-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Canada