EBT Fruit and Vegetable Prescription

Part of paid clinical trials in Knoxville, Tennessee.

Sponsor
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Study ID
NCT05028205
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
4 Years - 10 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Prevention Plus — BEHAVIORAL
    Families will receive a behavioral intervention for childhood obesity provided by a BHC. This will consist of three, in-person meetings (months 1, 3, and 5), and three, 20-minute phone calls (months 2,4, and 6). During in-person visits, child height and weight will be taken, and BMI will be plotted on the BMI-for-age growth chart. During these sessions, families will receive feedback on child growth and weight status. Prevention Plus materials and child and caregiver energy balance behavior goals will be reviewed. The phone calls will be with the caregiver, where caregivers will be asked to measure the height and weight of their child, calculate BMI, and plot on the BMI-for-age growth chart. The BHC will discuss the family's progress on achieving child and caregiver goals and implementation of behavioral parenting strategies. Families will receive a fruit and vegetable prescription (FVx) in addition to the standard Prevention Plus family-based behavioral weight loss treatment.

Study Details

Eating Better Together is a 6-month pilot program that teaches families about healthy eating and activity and provides home deliveries of fresh fruits and vegetables from a local retail partner.

Key Dates

Start date
Aug 16, 2021
Status verified
Jun 2026
Primary completion
Dec 2, 2026
Completion
Dec 28, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
30 participants (estimated)
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: Prevention Plus
    Child's energy balance behavioral goals will be to consume \< 3 sugar-sweetened beverages (e.g., regular carbonated soft drinks, sports drinks, lemonades, ice teas, flavored milk, juice drinks \< 100% juice, and punches) servings /wk, ≥1 1/2 cups/day of whole vegetables and ≥ 1 cup/day of whole fruit, engage in ≥ 60 minutes/day of moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity, and reduce TV viewing to \< 2 hours/day. The caregiver's energy balance behavioral goals will be to consume \< 3 sugar-sweetened beverage servings/wk, ≥ 2 1/2 cups/day of whole vegetables and ≥ 1 1/2 cups/day of whole fruit, engage in ≥ 150 minutes of moderate- to vigorous-intensity physical activity per week and reduce TV viewing to \< 10 hours/wk.

Primary Outcome Measure

Project Reach, the number of participants who participate in the study [ Time Frame: through study completion, an average of 6 months ]

Central Contacts

Locations (2)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Cherokee Health Systems, Dameron Avenue PedatricsKnoxvilleTennessee37917
Sara Propst, PhD
[email protected]
865-573-0698
Healthy Eating and Activity LaboratoryKnoxvilleTennessee37996-

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