Supporting cooks to provide healthy meals in childcare

Not Applicable

Completed

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

• Registration Number: ACTRN12620000296932
• Lead Sponsor: Flinders University

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2020-03-04
• Study Completion: 2020-12-16
• Last Update Posted: 7 February 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 224

Inclusion Criteria

Long day care centre inclusion criteria:
- Private long day care centres in Adelaide, South Australia
- Operate for at least 8-hours per weekday (Monday - Friday)
- Serve one main meal and two mid-meal snacks each day to children under their care
- Cater, but not exclusively, to children aged two to five years with a minimum enrollment of twenty children within this age group per day

Child inclusion criteria: Child aged 2-5 years enrolled at participating centre and present on data collection day

Exclusion Criteria

Long day care centre exclusion criteria:
- Government long day care centres
- Centres that do not prepare meals onsite by cooks
- Centres catering exclusively to special needs children

Child exclusion criteria: Children with allergies, intolerances or medical conditions that significantly affect their food intake or prevent them from being able to consume the standard Centre menu

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Vegetable intake at morning tea, lunch and afternoon (at long day care), measured using plate waste method[At baseline and 8-week follow-up (post intervention)];Usual dietary intake at long day care over the past month, measured using the Short Food Survey for Early Childhood Education and Care<br>[At baseline and 8-week follow-up (post intervention)];Food group provision on long day care centre menu, measured by menu assessment against the Victorian Menu Planning Guidelines using menu assessment tool[At baseline and 8-week follow-up (post intervention)]