Barriers and Facilitators to Vegetable Intake

Completed

• Conditions: Overweight; Obese
• Interventions: Other: Facilitators; Other: Barriers

• Registration Number: NCT03607526
• Lead Sponsor: USDA Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to find out why people do or do not eat vegetables.

Detailed Description

The Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) stress the importance of a diet high in fruits and vegetables (FV) to achieve health benefits. Despite the recommendations, adherence is low; only 12% of the population meets the recommendation for fruits and even less of the population (9%) meets the recommendation for vegetables. Recently, it was found that vegetable consumption increased when individuals were provided the recommended daily amounts while participating in a clinical study, but returned to pre-study low levels when vegetables were no longer supplied. This result suggests that habitual consumption of FV is strongly regulated by behaviors influenced by social, environmental, and/or individual factors. Therefore, identifying regulatory factors of vegetable consumption will greatly assist in developing successful strategies to increase vegetable intake to achieve health benefits. The overall objective of this study is to examine both barriers and facilitators to adherence to consuming DGA-recommended amounts of vegetables in participants who completed a randomized controlled trial with provided vegetables or who were in a control group, using the Nominal Group Technique (NGT).

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-06-26
• Study First Submitted: 2018-07-23
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-07-23
• Study First Posted: 2018-07-31
• Primary Completion: 2019-05-06
• Study Completion: 2019-05-06
• Status Verified: 2022-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-01-18
• Last Update Posted: 2022-02-02

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 32

Inclusion Criteria

• Participant in NCT02585102 who gave permission to be contacted for a follow-up study.

Exclusion Criteria

• Did not participate in NCT02585102.
• Participant in NCT02585102 who did not give permission to be contacted for a follow-up study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Facilitators to Vegetable Consumption	Facilitators	Four groups of participants will meet for NGT sessions, identifying facilitators to meeting the DGA recommendation for vegetable consumption.
Barriers to Vegetable Consumption	Barriers	Four groups of participants will meet for NGT sessions, identifying barriers to meeting the DGA recommendation for vegetable consumption.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Barriers and facilitators to vegetable consumption	2 hours	NGT results providing an exhaustive list of barriers and facilitators to meeting the DGA for vegetable consumption.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

USDA Grand Forks Human Nutrition Research Center; 🇺🇸 Grand Forks, North Dakota, United States