An Environmental Intervention to Encourage Healthy Food Choices

Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice Clinical Trial

Official title:

Encouraging Healthy Food Choices With an Environmental Intervention in Military Dining Facilities

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01921153
• Other study ID #: 13-14H
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: July 31, 2013
• Last updated: May 3, 2016
• Start date: August 2013
• Est. completion date: July 2014

Study information

• Verified date: May 2016
• Source: United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Federal Government
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The primary objective of this study is to test effectiveness of an environmental intervention designed to encourage healthy food intake during meals. It is hypothesized that fruit, vegetable, whole grain, lean protein, and low-fat dairy consumption will increase during the intervention. It is also hypothesized that nutrition knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors will change as a result of the intervention. The findings from this study will provide insight into the applicability of this intervention in military dining facilities.

Description:

Previous studies attempting to increase consumption of healthy foods in military dining facilities have had mixed results, and alternative approaches need to be considered. The present intervention was designed with the results of previous studies in mind, and as such, does not focus on labeling only healthy food choices. Instead, the present intervention aims to encourage consumption of nutritionally well-balanced meals using an environmental cue in military dining facilities.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 39
• Est. completion date: July 2014
• Est. primary completion date: July 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Military member or government civilian employee

• Normally eat in military dining facility at least 1 day per week.

Exclusion Criteria:

Study Design

Allocation: Non-Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Single Blind (Subject), Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Dietary Habits
• Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice

Intervention

Other:
• Healthy meal plates and trays
The healthy meal plates and trays provide guidance for how to construct a meal in the military dining facility.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Natick Soldier Systems Center Dining Facility	Natick	Massachusetts

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
United States Army Research Institute of Environmental Medicine

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in dietary intake	Dietary intake will be assessed at lunches eaten in military dining facilities using the food photography method. The change in dietary intake from baseline to intervention will be assessed.	Participants will be followed for 6-12 weeks	No
Secondary	Change in nutrition knowledge	Nutrition knowledge specific to the intervention will be assessed with an experimenter-developed questionnaire.	Measured at beginning and end of the 6-12 week study.	No
Secondary	Change in nutrition attitudes and behaviors (composite)	Nutrition attitudes and behaviors will be measured with a single composite experimenter-developed questionnaire.	Measured at the beginning and end of the 6-12 week study.	No