'First Bite: A research program to help 3-5-year-old children eat more veggies.
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Very poor child vegetable intakePublic Health - Health promotion/educationDiet and Nutrition - Other diet and nutrition disorders
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12624000249550
- Lead Sponsor
- niversity of Wollongong
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 300
Inclusion Criteria
1) ECEC Services must serve priority populations as identified by SEIFA 1&2 codes by the Australian Bureau of Statistics and be Lunchbox services
2) ECEC Directors must consent on behalf of their organisation to be involved in the research.
ECEC Educators must have access to a computer to disseminate parent resources and use/own a mobile phone to access First Bite training modules.
3) Children must be aged 3-5-years and attend the recruited ECEC a minimum of two days a week, and have consent of their Parent/Guardian
4) Parent/Guardians must be able to read and understand English
Exclusion Criteria
ECEC services that have representation on the ECEC Advisory Group
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Efficacy of First Bite program on children's vegetable intake overall and during care, measured by a change in skin carotenoid levels[Pressure-mediated reflection spectroscopy using the Veggie Meter scanner Baseline and program conclusion at 8 weeks]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method