An app-based intervention to improve the packing of healthy food in children’s lunchboxes in childcare.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Childhood overweight and obesity; Diet and Nutrition - Obesity; Public Health - Health promotion/education

• Registration Number: ACTRN12618000133235
• Lead Sponsor: Hunter New England Local Health District Population Health

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2018-01-30
• Study Completion: 2019-02-01
• Last Update Posted: 30 September 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 397

Inclusion Criteria

Early Education and Care Services (Long Day Care Services and Preschools):
For a service to be eligible, it will be located within the Hunter New England region of NSW Australia, cater for children 3-6 years of age, be a lunchbox service” (ie requires parents to provide all food), be open for at least 8 hours per day, be using or willing to commence using the parent communication app used to deliver the intervention.

Parents:
For parents to be eligible they must have a child aged 3-6 years attending the lunchbox” service on the days of designated data collection, have access or be willing to access the app.

Children:
For children within the service to be eligible to participate they will be aged 3-6 years, have parental consent and attend care during any of the days of designated data collection.

Exclusion Criteria

Early Education and Care Services (Long Day Care Services and Preschools):
Services will be excluded if they are participating in any trial related to improving child nutrition, are a Department and Education community run service or cater exclusively for children with special needs.

Parents:
Parents will be excluded if are participating in any trial related to improving child nutrition.

Children:
Children will be excluded from the trial if they have special dietary requirements or allergies that would necessitate specialised tailoring of their diet such that it may be adversely affected by the intervention.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified