Brighter Bites - Access, Continuity and Education With Fruits and Vegetables

NCT ID: NCT02726529

Last Updated: 2016-04-01

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

710 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-08-31

Brief Summary

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The purpose of the research is to find out how well a new nutrition program works for elementary school students and their families. This program is called Brighter Bites. Brighter Bites is a school-based program that teaches students and their parents about the importance of eating fresh fruits and vegetables and how to prepare them in tasty, healthy ways. This project is being carried out at six elementary schools in Houston, Texas. Up to 600 first grade students and their parents/guardians are expected to join this project.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Childhood Obesity

Study Design

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Allocation Method

NON_RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Brighter Bites

Children of families in the intervention group will also receive the Coordinated Approach to Child Health (CATCH) school-based curriculum in addition to families receiving fresh fruits and vegetables to take home from school once a week along with nutrition education for 8 weeks in Fall and 8 weeks in Spring semesters of the school year.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Brighter Bites

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

CATCH

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The comparison schools received training in implementing the Coordinated Approach to Child Health (CATCH) school-based health promotion program

Comparison

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

CATCH

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

The comparison schools received training in implementing the Coordinated Approach to Child Health (CATCH) school-based health promotion program

Interventions

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Brighter Bites

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

CATCH

The comparison schools received training in implementing the Coordinated Approach to Child Health (CATCH) school-based health promotion program

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Child is in enrolled in the 1st grade in the participating school

Exclusion Criteria

* None
Minimum Eligible Age

5 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

7 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Shreela V Sharma

Associate Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Shreela Sharma, PhD, RD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

Locations

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University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston

Houston, Texas, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Other Identifiers

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HSC-SPH-12-0480

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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