Enhancing Knowledge Translation in Nutrition Through a Healthy Eating Blog

NCT03156803 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 2014-257 A3/15-01-2016
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 84
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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

Conditions

Healthy

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• 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 Outcomes (2)

• Food skills measured by a web-based questionnaire

  6 months

• Body weight

  6 months

Study Arms (2)

Healthy eating blog (HEB)

EXPERIMENTAL

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.

Behavioral: Healthy eating blog

Control

NO INTERVENTION

Mothers randomised to the control group will not have access to the healthy eating blog.

Interventions

Healthy eating blog BEHAVIORAL

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.

Healthy eating blog (HEB)

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: female
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• 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.

You may not qualify if:

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

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Laval University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Laval University

Québec, G1V 0A6, Canada

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Dumas AA, Lemieux S, Lapointe A, Provencher V, Robitaille J, Desroches S. Recruitment and retention of mothers of preschoolers and school-aged children in a social media-delivered healthy eating intervention: lessons learned from a randomized controlled trial. Trials. 2020 Aug 10;21(1):706. doi: 10.1186/s13063-020-04628-0.

  PMID: 32778159 DERIVED

• Dumas AA, Lemieux S, Lapointe A, Provencher V, Robitaille J, Desroches S. Effects of an Evidence-Informed Healthy Eating Blog on Dietary Intakes and Food-Related Behaviors of Mothers of Preschool- and School-Aged Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2020 Jan;120(1):53-68. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2019.05.016. Epub 2019 Sep 10.

  PMID: 31519466 DERIVED

Study Officials

• Sophie Desroches, PhD

  Laval University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 8, 2016
• First Posted: May 17, 2017
• Study Start: October 1, 2015
• Primary Completion: April 1, 2018
• Study Completion: April 1, 2018
• Last Updated: August 31, 2018

Record last verified: 2018-08

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

CA (1)