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Mobile Goal-setting Intervention to Improve Vegetable Intake Among Young College Students

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Diet, Healthy
Interventions
Behavioral: Mobile goal-setting intervention
Registration Number
NCT04242693
Lead Sponsor
Indiana University
Brief Summary

This study used a two-group pre-posttest experimental design. After completing a background survey, participants used their smartphones to uploaded photos and/or descriptions of their meals to an online platform for three days. In addition, those in the intervention group were asked to use a checklist to count the number of times they ate red/orange vegetables and to set a goal to eat one more time the next day. The dependent variable was a measure of eating behavior-an estimate (number of times/day) of red/orange vegetable intake on that day based on review of uploaded photos and descriptions. Those in the intervention group, who were asked to use a checklist to count their red/orange vegetable intake and set a goal to eat one more the next day, improved their vegetable intake.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
281
Inclusion Criteria
  • Aged 18 and above
  • Undergraduate at the university
  • Currently lived in a dorm
  • Owned a smartphone
  • Had internet access on their smartphone
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Exclusion Criteria
  • Already part of a study to change their eating behaviors
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Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Experimental GroupMobile goal-setting interventionThe experimental group were asked to count the number of times they ate any red/orange vegetables and set a goal to eat one more time the next day over three days.
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Red/orange vegetable intakeThree days

Number of times participants consumed red/orange vegetables

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Indiana University

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Bloomington, Indiana, United States

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