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A Trial to Improve the Healthiness of Packed Lunches in Primary School Aged Children

NCT03104777 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 17

Last updated 2020-03-03

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Summary

Public Health England's (PHE) Behavioural Insights Team are leading and fully funding a randomised controlled research trial in collaboration with Derby City Council's Public Health Team and the Health and Social Care Research Centre at Derby University to test an intervention designed to help families provide healthier packed lunches for Primary School aged children.

Conditions

  • Obesity, Childhood
  • Diet Modification

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Behaviourally Informed Intervention Materials

The intervention consists of 7 separate components. The intervention components are to be delivered at three time-points (referred to as bundles). The bundles consist of: Bundle 1a - Letter to parents of children bringing a packed lunch to school, 'spot the difference' lunch box tag (attached to all lunchboxes) and a Handy Swaps Card. Bundle 1b - Letter to parents of children only having school meals and a Handy Swaps Card. Bundle 2 - Lunch box mixer with ideas for creating nutritious packed lunches. Bundle 3 - Shopping list, packed lunch planner and reward chart to support planning and monitoring progress.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Derby City Council

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University of Derby

    collaborator OTHER

  • Public Health England

    lead OTHER_GOV

Principal Investigators

  • Tim Chadborn, PhD · Public Health England

  • Amanda K Bunten, Doctorate · Public Health England

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
7 Years
Max Age
11 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-11-09
Primary Completion
2017-09-30
Completion
2017-10-30

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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