Eating Better Together: A Pilot Study
Status: Recruiting
Location: See all (2) locations...
Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY
Eating Better Together is a 6-month pilot program that teaches families about healthy eating and activity and provides home deliveries of fresh fruits and vegetables from a local retail partner.
Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 4
Maximum Age: 10
Healthy Volunteers: t
View:
• Patients at the Cherokee Health Systems clinic in Cherokee Mills
• Child age between 4 to 10 years old
• Child BMI \> 85th percentile
• Child must have an adult caregiver (\> 18 years) living in the household and be willing to participate in the program
• Adult caregivers need to be able to read and speak English
Locations
United States
Tennessee
Cherokee Health Systems, Dameron Avenue Pedatrics
RECRUITING
Knoxville
Healthy Eating and Activity Laboratory
ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION
Knoxville
Contact Information
Primary
Hollie A Raynor, PhD
hraynor@utk.edu
865-974-9126
Time Frame
Start Date: 2021-08-16
Estimated Completion Date: 2026-02-28
Participants
Target number of participants: 30
Treatments
Experimental: Prevention Plus
Child's energy balance behavioral goals will be to consume \< 3 sugar-sweetened beverages (e.g., regular carbonated soft drinks, sports drinks, lemonades, ice teas, flavored milk, juice drinks \< 100% juice, and punches) servings /wk, ≥1 1/2 cups/day of whole vegetables and ≥ 1 cup/day of whole fruit, engage in ≥ 60 minutes/day of moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity, and reduce TV viewing to \< 2 hours/day. The caregiver's energy balance behavioral goals will be to consume \< 3 sugar-sweetened beverage servings/wk, ≥ 2 1/2 cups/day of whole vegetables and ≥ 1 1/2 cups/day of whole fruit, engage in ≥ 150 minutes of moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity per week and reduce TV viewing to \< 10 hours/wk.
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: The University of Tennessee, Knoxville