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Filter by:The objective of the study was to demonstrate the efficacy of a nutritional intervention based on the Social Cognitive Theory and the Transtheoric Model in the favorable modification of eating habits in adolescents of secondary education. The hypothesis was that secondary school adolescents receiving a nutritional intervention based on Social Cognitive Theory and the Transtheoric Model presented more favorable modifications in their eating habits than adolescents who only received nutritional information. A community trial was conducted with pilot testing for the validation of the study instruments. Adolescents from the second grade of the afternoon shift of the Jalisco Technical High School Nº46 participated in the 2015-2016 cycle. Self-completed questionnaires evaluated socioeconomic variables, physical activity habits, stage of change (Transtheoric Model), constructs of the Social Cognitive Theory and five eating habits: consumption of fruits and vegetables, natural water, dairy products, sugary drinks and processed foods ; As well as anthropometric variables. The intervention group had twelve workshops on healthy eating habits and two sessions for parents. The control group received three sessions of nutritional information. All variables were measured again at the end of the intervention to evaluate results in the short term and three months later to know results in the medium term.
The aim of this cluster randomised control trial is to test the efficacy of a repeated taste exposure intervention, a nutritional educational intervention and combination of both to increase intake of an unfamiliar vegetable in preschool aged children (aged 3-5 years).
The overall objective is to examine if participating in an SMS-transmitted health educational program targeting a cluster of dietary factors over a period of weeks during the years of adolescence can induce durable changes towards more healthful dietary habits and body weight trajectories. The investigators will examine if impact is reinforced by asking a friend of the participant to also participate; if impact is reinforced by asking the mother of the participant to also participate; and if impact is reinforced when the SMS-transmitted health promotion program is designed to target a specific dietary factor only - decided upon from participants' reporting of their dietary habits at the beginning of the program - rather than to simultaneously target a cluster of dietary issues uniform for all participants.
Young children in Ethiopia lack sufficient protein and micronutrients for growth and development. The overall purpose is to assess the effects of promoting egg and eggshell powder consumption on improving the nutritional status of children 6 to 15 months in Halaba Special Woreda, Southern Ethiopia. The hypothesis is that providing chickens to produce eggs (egg and eggshell) for young children will improve growth in otherwise malnourished young children. Upon providing chickens, the nutritional status of young children prior and after the intervention (by 6 months) will be assessed. Identification of the knowledge, attitude and practices (KAP) of mothers on egg and eggshell powder consumption by their children before and after the intervention in the intervention group will be done. Caregivers will be instructed to give each child 1 egg (cooked) and 1/4 "bottle cap" of eggshell (500 mg calcium) per day in the intervention. Hemoglobin will be measured as an indicator of overall nutritional status. Throughout the study, any problems arising in keeping chickens will be recorded in order to assess the feasibility and practicality of raising chickens as way to improve nutritional status of young children. The study is novel in that investigators are providing a way to have increased protein, increased micronutrients, and use of eggshell as a source of calcium.
The purpose of this project is to study the efficacy of a delivery system to offer fresh fruits and vegetables (F&V) at discount prices for purchase at worksites in conjunction with educational interventions on increasing employees' F&V consumption in comparison to an intervention receiving fruit and vegetable markets alone or a comparison intervention.
This study will examine differences in habituation to foods high in sugar and fat content versus those that are not, in normal weight women.
The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of introducing healthier, chef-enhanced foods and/or environmental modifications (choice architecture) on selection and consumption of school foods among elementary and middle school students.
The purpose of this study is to test the feasibility of an innovative approach to increase the amount of vegetable's (V) intake consumed by preschool children who are predominately African-American (AA) and Hispanic-American (HA).
The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of a program to improve habits in a population with cardiovascular disease, comparing two different educational techniques (cognitive behavioral therapy group vs. informational workshops).
Obesity is associated with increased risk for mortality, atherosclerotic cerebrovascular disease, coronary heart disease, colorectal cancer, hyperlipidemia, hypertension, gallbladder disease, and diabetes mellitus, resulting in over 111,000 deaths annually in the United States ). In the US, 65% of adults are overweight or obese. Unfortunately, the treatment of choice for obesity (behavioral weight loss treatment) only results in a 10% reduction in body weight on average and most patients regain this weight within a few years. Further, most obesity prevention programs do not reduce risk for future weight gain. The limited success of treatment and prevention interventions may be due to an incomplete understanding of the processes that increase risk for obesity. Recent data suggest that obese adults show abnormalities in reward from food intake and anticipated food intake relative to lean adults, but the precise nature of these abnormalities is unclear and it has not been established whether these abnormalities predate obesity onset or are a consequence. It is vital to elucidate risk factors for obesity onset to advance understanding of etiological processes and determine the content of prevention and treatment programs. The goals of this study are to (1) determine whether adolescents at high-risk for obesity, by virtue of having two obese parents, show abnormalities in reward from food intake (consummatory food reward) and anticipated reward from food intake (anticipatory food reward) compared to adolescents who are at low-risk for obesity, (2) determine whether abnormalities in consummatory and anticipatory food reward increase risk for weight gain and obesity onset, (3) examine moderators that may amplify the relations of consummatory and anticipatory food reward to unhealthy weight gain, and (4) examine changes in consummatory and anticipatory food reward in those participants who show obesity onset relative to those not showing obesity onset. Each of these goals is described in more detail below.