Impact of Web-based School Nutrition Intervention to Increase Fruits, Vegetables and Dairy

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Eating Behavior
• Interventions: Behavioral: Team Nutriathlon intervention

• Registration Number: NCT03117374
• Lead Sponsor: Laval University

Brief Summary

The goal of this study is to evaluate the impact of an innovative web-based school nutrition intervention (Team Nutriathlon) aimed at promoting the consumption of vegetables and fruit and dairy products in high school students and to identify facilitators and/or barriers influencing its success.

Detailed Description

Classes of first and second year secondary students (grades 9 and 10) from the Québec City region will be randomized into two groups. Participants in the intervention (Team Nutriathlon) will be asked to increase their consumption of fruits and vegetables and dairy products using an innovative web-based platform, developed for this study, over six weeks. The control group will follow the regular school curriculum. The number of servings of fruits and vegetables and dairy products consumed by students per day and facilitators and barriers influencing the success of the program will be compared between the two groups over the study.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-09-09
• Primary Completion: 2013-06-23
• Study Completion: 2013-08-30
• Status Verified: 2017-04
• Study First Submitted: 2017-04-04
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-04-12
• Last Update Submitted: 2017-04-12
• Study First Posted: 2017-04-17
• Last Update Posted: 2017-04-17

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 282

Inclusion Criteria

• Schools were recruited on a voluntary basis via email invitation and sent across the region of Québec. The selected schools were of medium to high socioeconomic levels according to the Deprivation Index of the Ministry of Education of Québec.

Exclusion Criteria

• None

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Team Nutriathlon intervention	Team Nutriathlon intervention	Participants were invited to participate in the Team Nutriathlon for an 8-week period

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in fruits and vegetables and dairy products	Before and after the intervention (0 and 6 wk)	Change in the servings of fruits and vegetables and milk and alternatives assessed with a web-based questionnaire