Feeding America's Bravest: Mediterranean Diet-Based Interventions to Change Firefighters' Eating Habits

Summary

The purpose of this study is to modify the food culture of the fire service by motivating firefighters and their families to incorporate Mediterranean diet principles at work and home through behavior change strategies that involve education, participation and incentives. The ultimate purpose is to lower firefighters' risks for CVD and cancer by successfully getting more firefighters and their families to adopt and incorporate the healthy eating principles behind the Mediterranean diet.

Conditions

• Diet, Mediterranean
• Health Behavior
• Program Sustainability
• Program Effectiveness

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Mediterranean diet Intervention

1. Educational materials (online learning) will be provided via the study website; group educational sessions and written materials (brochure with Mediterranean Diet recommendations, shopping list recommendations and sample recipes, specific Mediterranean Diet Pyramid; videos; educational sessions; in-person chef-led, Mediterranean cooking demonstrations. 2. Peer-education and support 3. Discounted food access: The investigators have partnered with Kroger supermarkets, a large national chain with numerous stores in the Indianapolis area, to provide discounted access to key Mediterranean foods for both participating firefighters and their families. 4. Email or text message encouragement and reminders during the intervention.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Institute for Public Safety Health, Indianapolis

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Tufts University

  collaborator OTHER

• U.S Department of Homeland Security; Assistance to Firefighters Grants

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Stefanos N Kales, MD, MPH · Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH)

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age

18 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2016-10-31

Primary Completion

2019-12-31

Completion

2019-12-31

Countries

• United States

Study Locations