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An Intervention Targeting Fruit and Vegetable Intake Among Rural Youth

NCT01412697 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1119

Last updated 2025-09-16

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Summary

The investigators implemented a theory-based randomized controlled trial in ten rural Virginia middle schools in 2008-2010 and assessed the impact on health behaviors including fruit/vegetable intake as a primary outcome. Schools were randomized to intervention or control groups. Goal setting, peer leaders, and in-class workshops were intervention features. Seventh graders filled out surveys on health behaviors, psycho-social variables, and demographic characteristics. The investigators expected schools receiving the intervention to report a higher fruit-vegetable intake compared to control schools where students received standard health information. Sample (n=1,119) was 48.5% female, 50% White, with a mean age of 12.6 years. Fruit/vegetable intake was significantly higher in intervention schools at immediate post and at 1-year follow-up compared to controls.

Conditions

  • Imbalance of Constituents of Food Intake

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Fruit and vegetable intake in rural youth

A theory based health behavior intervention, developed for youth is presented to seventh grade youth over 8 weeks to test their improvement in their intake of fruits and vegetables.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Virginia Commonwealth University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Steven Danish, PhD · Virginia Commonwealth University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-09-30
Primary Completion
2009-06-30
Completion
2010-11-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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