Increasing Adoption of Fruits and Vegetables Into Family Diet

The investigators are interested in maximizing the consumption of fruits and vegetables (F&V) in elementary school children by increasing the access to F&V by providing them in the home environment via direct delivery (F&V bag & recipes) and a gift card to purchase preferred choices. This also decreases barriers to trying F&V and switching to a more F&V-focused diet, e.g., access, cost, knowledge of what to do with fruits and vegetables by their families in household diet, and a period of time to try and get used to more F&V in the diet without worrying about access and cost.

We hypothesize that at the end of 4 weeks, children in families that were given access to a F&V produce box with associated recipes, a gift card to purchase preferred choices, and a cooking incentive kit, consumed significantly better diets as measured with a diet composite score compared with children in families who did not receive increased F&V access.

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Key information

Conditions

Diet, Healthy

Age range

4 year–11 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Booker T. Washington, Austin, Texas, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Families must be participants in the Boys and Girls "Club on the Go" program. They could sign up to become a participant while we are recruiting.
Caregiver must be able to come to the same "Club on the Go" site every week.
At least one child in the family must be k-5 student.
Caregiver must be able to read and write in English or Spanish to answer assessments.

Exclusion criteria

Reference child with any medical condition in which they have to follow a specific diet.
Caregiver cannot read and write in English or Spanish.
Reference child not living with caregiver for majority of time (75% or greater).
Families that do not meet the inclusion criteria

Treatment and study plan

Weekly produce box and gift card

Dietary Supplement

Weekly box of produce (5-10 lbs) and $10.00 gift card to a local grocery store to purchase preferred produce. If progress on self-goals completed, an additional $10.00 card provided, weekly, for 3 weeks.

Primary outcomes

School Physical Activity and Nutrition (SPAN) questionnaire elementary version

Time frame: 24 hours

dietary recall measure for fruit and vegetables scale of 0-12 with higher scores equating to more vegetable consumption

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Texas at Austin

Other

Collaborators

Boys and Girls Club of Austin

Registry information

Official study title

The Impact of Providing Choices for Fruits and Vegetable Access on Child Diet

Important dates

Study start: 2021
Primary completion: 2021
Study completion: 2021
First posted: Apr 1, 2021
Registry last updated: Sep 29, 2021

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