Salad Bars in the National School Lunch Program: Impact on Dietary Consumption Patterns in Elementary School Students
NCT ID: NCT05605483
Last Updated: 2023-08-02
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
6269 participants
OBSERVATIONAL
2019-02-13
2023-04-26
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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CASE_CONTROL
PROSPECTIVE
Study Groups
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Schools with salad bars
Schools with salad bars
Salad bar
Schools where the school district has installed salad bars
Schools without salad bars
Schools without salad bars
Waitlisted control
Schools where the school district has not yet installed salad bars
Schools with salad parts post COVID-19
A subset schools with salad bars that were examined pre-COVID-19 will undergo methods again.
Salad bar post-COVID
Schools where the school distract has re-opened salad bars will have methods repeated in a subset of schools post-COVID-19
Interventions
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Salad bar
Schools where the school district has installed salad bars
Waitlisted control
Schools where the school district has not yet installed salad bars
Salad bar post-COVID
Schools where the school distract has re-opened salad bars will have methods repeated in a subset of schools post-COVID-19
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* Cafeteria staff: All cafeteria personnel at the randomly selected target schools will be eligible to complete surveys
Exclusion Criteria
* Cafeteria staff: None
5 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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George Mason University
OTHER
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
OTHER
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
OTHER
Virginia Commonwealth University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Melanie K Bean, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
VCU
Locations
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Healthy Lifestyles Center at the Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU
Henrico, Virginia, United States
Countries
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References
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Bean MK, Mazzeo SE, de Jonge L, Thornton L, Raynor H, Mendoza A, Farthing S, Moore B. Impact of school salad bars on fruit and vegetable selection, intake, and waste in Mid-Atlantic elementary schools. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2025 Feb 5;22(1):15. doi: 10.1186/s12966-025-01713-y.
Bean MK, Raynor HA, Thornton LM, de Jonge L, Mazzeo SE. Design and rationale for evaluating the impact of salad bars on elementary school students' fruit, vegetable, and energy intake: a wait list control, cluster randomized controlled trial. BMC Public Health. 2022 Dec 9;22(1):2304. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-14744-y.
Other Identifiers
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HM20012226
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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