A randomised controlled trial of an intervention to improve the implementation of food service nutrition guidelines in childcare centres that provide food to childre

Completed

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

• Registration Number: ACTRN12615001058561
• Lead Sponsor: Hunter New England Population Health

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-10-12
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 60

Inclusion Criteria

Long Day Care Services: For a service to be eligible, it will be located within the Hunter New England region of NSW Australia, provide all meals (at least one main meal and two mid-meals) to children while they are in care, and open for at least 8 hours per day.

Exclusion Criteria

Long Day Care Services: Services that do not prepare and provide meals to children onsite or do not have a cook with some responsibility for menu planning will be excluded from the study. Further, services catering exclusively for children requiring specialist care, mobile preschools and family day care centres will also be excluded from the study]
A sample of 70 services in the Hunter New England Region (n=111) will be randomly approached to participate in the trial

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified