Eat Healthy Grow Healthy Program to Promote Fruit and Vegetable Intake in Preschoolers

Part of paid clinical trials in Denton, Texas.

Sponsor
Texas Woman's University
Study ID
NCT07493954
Status
Active Not Recruiting

Conditions

  • Childhood Obesity

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
18 Years - 99 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • EatGrow Intervention — BEHAVIORAL
    8-week fully virtual, family-based nutrition education program for parents and preschool-aged children, including parent-child cooking, taste-testing, and interactive nutrition education lessons. Delivered entirely online to promote fruit and vegetable intake and reduce food neophobia.
  • Delayed access — BEHAVIORAL
    Control group participants receive delayed access to the EatGrow intervention after post-intervention data collection. No nutrition lessons or tasks are provided during the study period.

Study Details

The Eat Healthy, Grow Healthy (EatGrow) program is a family-based, fully virtual nutrition education intervention designed to improve fruit and vegetable intake among preschool-aged children. Parents and their children participate together in interactive online lessons over eight weeks, including parent-child cooking, taste-testing, and engaging nutrition education. Recruitment was conducted via schools, but schools are not involved in delivering the program. The study measures changes in children's fruit and vegetable intake and willingness to try new foods, as well as parental nutrition literacy, attitudes, and self-efficacy. Weekly tasks are included for engagement.

Key Dates

Start date
Jan 13, 2026
Status verified
Apr 2026
Primary completion
Apr 10, 2026
Completion
May 31, 2026

Study Design

Enrollment
72 participants (actual)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION

Arms

  • Experimental: Intervention group
    Participants receive the EatGrow intervention: 8 weeks of fully virtual, family-based nutrition education including parent-child cooking, taste-testing, and interactive lessons.
  • Other: Delayed control group
    Participants have delayed access to the EatGrow intervention after post-intervention data collection.

Primary Outcome Measure

Child fruit and vegetable intake [ Time Frame: Baseline to 8 weeks (post-intervention) ]

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Texas Woman's UniversityDentonTexas76204-

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