Enhancing Knowledge Translation in Nutrition Through a Healthy Eating Blog

Healthy Clinical Trial

Official title:

Enhancing Knowledge Translation in Nutrition Through a Healthy Eating Blog: a Randomized Controlled Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03156803
• Other study ID #: 2014-257 A3/15-01-2016
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 2015
• Est. completion date: April 2018

Study information

• Verified date: August 2018
• Source: Laval University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effects of an evidence-based healthy eating blog on dietary behaviors of mothers

Description:

Mothers randomised to the experimental group were exposed to one weekly blog post for 6 months. Blog posts focus on the improvement of dairy products as well as vegetables and fruits consumption targeting five food skills categories: (1) knowledge about food, nutrition and cooking; (2) planning of healthy meals, and for including children to develop their food skills; (3) conceptualizing outcomes; (4) mechanical techniques for food preparation; (5) perception of food characteristics. Each post included a step-by-step recipe developed by the research team and featuring dairy products, vegetables and fruits. Recipes were described textually and also using pictures. Twenty-six posts were created over the six-month intervention. Participants randomised to the control group were not exposed to the healthy eating blog. The primary outcome is the daily intakes of dairy products, vegetables and fruits. The secondary outcomes are mothers' food skills and body weight.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 84
• Est. completion date: April 2018
• Est. primary completion date: April 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Have Internet access, have at least one child aged two to twelve years, are mostly in charge of the planning and preparation of family meals, consume less than two servings a day of dairy products and/or less than seven servings a day of vegetables and fruits.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Take medications that could affect food intake, have eating disorders, are dieting, are currently pregnant or lactating.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Healthy

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Healthy eating blog
For a 6-month period, mothers randomised to the HEB group will receive a weekly blog post discussing various positive aspects of healthy eating and presenting recipes and strategies to increase dairy product intakes and vegetable and fruit intakes. The posts will be developed with an emphasis of food skills acquisition.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	Laval University	Quebec

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Laval University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Daily intakes of dairy products, vegetables and fruits measured by a validated web-based food frequency questionnaire	Assessed at T=0 month, T=3 months and T=6 months.	6 months
Secondary	Food skills measured by a web-based questionnaire	Food skills measured: planning of healthy meal, knowledge about food, nutrition and cooking, mechanical technics for food preparation, etc. Assessed at T=0 month, T=3 months and T=6 months.	6 months
Secondary	Body weight	Assessed at T=0 month, T=3 months and T=6 months.	6 months