Family Eats:Cancer Prevention for Families
Family Eats
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interventional
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1 country
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Brief Summary
Poor diets lead to weight problems, and may increase cancer risk. Cancers may develop over a long period of time, with some possibly initiating in childhood. Therefore, promoting healthy diets and preventing excess weight gain during childhood could be cancer protective. Families influence children's dietary behaviors by their actions and controlling the home food environment. The internet provides family access to interventions with the convenience of the home. An eight-session interactive web-based program promoting a healthy home food environment for African-American families with 9-12 year old daughters (Family Eats) was previously developed and tested. This study tests whether the Family Eats web program improves diet and weight outcomes among 320 African-American families with 8-12 year old children. This important study will pioneer a new channel for behavior change intervention with African-American families and holds the promise of reaching large numbers of children and their families, enabling all to adopt healthy eating behaviors and achieve energy balance and reduce cancer risks.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable healthy
Started Sep 2009
Longer than P75 for not_applicable healthy
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
July 30, 2009
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
September 1, 2009
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
September 24, 2009
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
October 1, 2012
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
October 1, 2012
CompletedMarch 20, 2015
February 1, 2012
3.1 years
July 30, 2009
March 18, 2015
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
Diet (fruit, vegetables, sweetened beverages, fat and calories)
baseline, post and 6 months
Secondary Outcomes (1)
BMI
baseline, post and 6 months
Study Arms (2)
Family Eats
EXPERIMENTAL8-session program on health eating
Family eats- plain
ACTIVE COMPARATORFamily eats without role model stories and goal setting
Interventions
8-session web-based program on healthy eating for African American families
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- African -American families with 8-10 year old children
- Home computer with dsl line
You may not qualify if:
- Parents or children who report a medically prescribed diet, identified through a pre-screening questionnaire, will be excluded because these mothers may have received prior dietary counseling and have increased motivation for making dietary changes.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
Children's Nutrition Research Center
Houston, Texas, 77030, United States
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Karen W Cullen, DrPH
Baylor College of Medicine
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Intervention Model
- SINGLE GROUP
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Associate professor
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
July 30, 2009
First Posted
September 24, 2009
Study Start
September 1, 2009
Primary Completion
October 1, 2012
Study Completion
October 1, 2012
Last Updated
March 20, 2015
Record last verified: 2012-02