Evaluation of an multi-component initiative package to promote children’s vegetable intake in child care

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Insufficient vegetable intake; Diet and Nutrition - Other diet and nutrition disorders; Public Health - Health promotion/education

• Registration Number: ACTRN12620001323910
• Lead Sponsor: Flinders University

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2020-12-07
• Last Update Posted: 5 January 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: ot yet recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 284

Inclusion Criteria

Private (non-Government) long day care centres, operating for at least eight hours per weekday (Monday to Friday), preparing food onsite, serving lunch and two between-meal snacks each day and enrolling children aged two to five years. All cooks and educators working at participating long day care centre and who give consent will be eligible to participate.

Exclusion Criteria

Centres catering exclusively to children with special needs. Additionally, Centres that participated in the optimisation phase will be excluded. No exclusion criteria will be applied for children.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
sual vegetable intake in care over past month - measured using the vegetable items of the Short Food Survey for Early Childhood Education and Care[Baseline, 12-week follow-up (post intervention)]