Childhood Obesity Clinical Trial
Official title:
A Randomised Controlled Trial of a Program Based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour to Promote Fruit and Vegetables Intake Among Children. PROFRUVE Study Protocol.
Because fruit and vegetables (FV) intake of children of Vitoria city is low, a controlled intervention program was proposed at school level. The intervention was based on the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) as long as behavioral theories have been proved to be the most effective changing infant FV intake pattern. The main purpose of the study is to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention program based on TPB and aimed to increase FV consumption in schoolchildren aged 8 to 10. For that aim, eligible classrooms from different schools were randomly assigned to the intervention (n=86) or control (n=86) group. The intervention group received 14 sessions of 60 minutes during 9 months of an academic year. Sessions, designed by a multidisciplinary team, are based on TPB and aimed to modify determinants of behavior (attitudes, subjective norms, perceived behavioral control, intention of consumption), and intake of FV itself. Change in fruit and vegetable intake and determinants of eating behavior were evaluated at 9 months of intervention using validated surveys, 7 day food records, 24 hour reminders and questionnaires. This study will provide a valid and useful tool to achieve changes in the consumption of FV at school level. A negative result will be useful to help redefining new strategies in the framework of changing habits in the consumption of FV.
In Vitoria, only two out of ten children and adolescents (aged 6 to 17) consume the
recommended three servings of fruit and only one out of ten the recommended two servings of
vegetables per day. Average intake of fruit was 1.8 servings/day and 0.8 servings/day for
vegetables. For that reason, promotion of the adequate intake of FV must be a priority
objective in the promotion of healthy eating habits. One of the most used theories in this
type of interventions is TPB (Theory of Planned Behavior). According to this theory, eating
behavior and intention of consumption determinants are both personal and environmental.
Specifically, the TPB states that attitude, subjective norms and perceived control are
determinants that influence both the intention to consume food and the action of consuming
it.
The hypothesis of the study is that an intervention program based on theories of behavior and
aimed to increase FV intake in schoolchildren aged 8 to 10, will produce changes in attitude,
subjective norms, perceived behavioral control and intention of eating fruit and vegetable
among children, which in turn will modify the behavior, increasing FV intake.
The main objective of this study is to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention program
based on behavioral theory and aimed to increase FV intake in schoolchildren aged 8 to 10
(short and long effect).
Secondary objectives of the study are (i) to evaluate the change on FV intake on the study
population after intervention, (ii) to examine the impact of the intervention program on
behavioral determinants, (iii) to analyze the association of the determinants of behavior on
FV intake, and (iv) to study the influence between social demographic variables and the
effectiveness of the program.
The recruitment of participants begun in may 2015 and they were randomly assigned to
intervention or control groups. The intervention group received 14 sessions (one every 15
days) of one hour to work TPB constructs: attitude; subjective norms; perceived behavioural
control and intention.
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