Enhancing Knowledge Translation in Nutrition Through a Healthy Eating Blog
- Conditions
- Healthy
- Interventions
- Behavioral: Healthy eating blog
- Registration Number
- NCT03156803
- Lead Sponsor
- Laval University
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of an evidence-based healthy eating blog on dietary behaviors of mothers
- Detailed Description
Mothers randomised to the experimental group were exposed to one weekly blog post for 6 months. Blog posts focus on the improvement of dairy products as well as vegetables and fruits consumption targeting five food skills categories: (1) knowledge about food, nutrition and cooking; (2) planning of healthy meals, and for including children to develop their food skills; (3) conceptualizing outcomes; (4) mechanical techniques for food preparation; (5) perception of food characteristics. Each post included a step-by-step recipe developed by the research team and featuring dairy products, vegetables and fruits. Recipes were described textually and also using pictures. Twenty-six posts were created over the six-month intervention. Participants randomised to the control group were not exposed to the healthy eating blog. The primary outcome is the daily intakes of dairy products, vegetables and fruits. The secondary outcomes are mothers' food skills and body weight.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- Female
- Target Recruitment
- 84
- Have Internet access, have at least one child aged two to twelve years, are mostly in charge of the planning and preparation of family meals, consume less than two servings a day of dairy products and/or less than seven servings a day of vegetables and fruits.
- Take medications that could affect food intake, have eating disorders, are dieting, are currently pregnant or lactating.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Healthy eating blog (HEB) Healthy eating blog For a 6-month period, mothers randomised to the HEB group will receive a weekly blog post discussing various positive aspects of healthy eating and presenting recipes and strategies to increase dairy product intakes and vegetable and fruit intakes. The posts will be developed with an emphasis of food skills acquisition.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Daily intakes of dairy products, vegetables and fruits measured by a validated web-based food frequency questionnaire 6 months Assessed at T=0 month, T=3 months and T=6 months.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Body weight 6 months Assessed at T=0 month, T=3 months and T=6 months.
Food skills measured by a web-based questionnaire 6 months Food skills measured: planning of healthy meal, knowledge about food, nutrition and cooking, mechanical technics for food preparation, etc. Assessed at T=0 month, T=3 months and T=6 months.
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Laval University
🇨🇦Quebec, Canada