Reducing the Use of Sugar by School Lunch Cooks in Public Schools

Phase 3

Completed

• Conditions: Sugar Intake
• Interventions: Other: Nutritional education; Other: Control

• Registration Number: NCT01267474
• Lead Sponsor: Rio de Janeiro State University

Brief Summary

The main objective was to evaluate the effect of a nutritional education program for school lunch cooks, aiming to reduce added sugar in schools meals and in their sugar intake.

Detailed Description

Although Brazil is the largest producer and one of the world's largest consumers of sugar, research on sugar consumption is still a weak point among health indicators and there are no population studies to investigate the sugar intake in Brazilian population. Available data have shown reduction in the consumption of refined sugar (-37% between 1996 and 2003) but significant increase in consumption of soft drinks (400%), which constitute the main vehicle for consumption of added sugar. Moreover, studies have shown the adverse effects of excessive consumption of added sugar in dental caries and health, as excess energy intake hence in weight gain. Although several factors are associated with weight gain in adolescents, adults and elders, and several strategies have been released by both Brazil and International Agencies, as the Global Strategy, increased weight gain, particularly in adolescents, has been observed in several countries with large increase in Brazil, justifying specific projects to evaluate which messages, strategies and proposals for intervention would be effective.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-03
• Primary Completion: 2007-12
• Study Completion: 2007-12
• Status Verified: 2010-11
• Study First Submitted: 2010-12-27
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-12-27
• Last Update Submitted: 2010-12-27
• Study First Posted: 2010-12-28
• Last Update Posted: 2010-12-28

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 95

Inclusion Criteria

• Women who were working in the function of school lunch cook in the schools.

Exclusion Criteria

• Pregnancy, male.

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Nutritional education	Nutritional education	-
Control	Control	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Sugar intake	10 months	Reducing added sugar in the schools meals by school lunch cooks and in their sugar intake.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Rio de Janeiro State University; 🇧🇷 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil