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Reducing the Use of Sugar by School Lunch Cooks in Public Schools

NCT01267474 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 95

Last updated 2010-12-28

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Summary

The main objective was to evaluate the effect of a nutritional education program for school lunch cooks, aiming to reduce added sugar in schools meals and in their sugar intake.

Conditions

  • Sugar Intake

Interventions

OTHER

Nutritional education

A nutritional education program was carried out during seven months of one school year aiming to reduce added sugar in school meals by the school lunch cooks and in their own consumption. All women in the intervention group participated in three sections about sugar consumption and one section on food labeling, as well as recipes competition of with reducing sugar. Printed material and gifts, such as mugs, refrigerator magnets and small purses with the logo of the campaign were given to the participants. All sections of education were delivered in the schools. The activities required 20 to 30 minutes and were facilitated by trained research assistants. Printed instructions and orientations on the facilitation process supported the assistants' efforts.

OTHER

Control

The control group received only three one-hour general sessions on health issues.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Conselho Nacional de Desenvolvimento Científico e Tecnológico

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Rio de Janeiro State University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rosely Sichieri, PhD · Rio de Janeiro State University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-03-31
Primary Completion
2007-12-31
Completion
2007-12-31

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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