Healthy Eating and Lifestyle for Total Health (HEALTH)

March 31, 2016 updated by: Theresa A Nicklas, Baylor College of Medicine
The Dietary Guidelines for Americans provide recommendations for making better food and physical activity choices that promote health and help prevent disease. Yet, few Americans meet the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) and a large percentage are overweight.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

The goal of the research was to examine the association between weight and the barriers and facilitators to meeting the DGA in a multi-site study using a cross-sectional survey. 836 caregiver-child dyads enrolled and completed the HEALTH study questionnaire across six sites among three race/ethnic groups participating in the HEALTH Study. Barriers and facilitators to meeting the DGA were assessed using a validated questionnaire which was developed specifically for the HEALTH Study. Heights and weights were measured. A series of bivariate regression analyses were conducted to examine the association between the caregivers BMI or the children BMI z-score and the barriers and facilitators to meeting the DGA, adjusting for appropriate covariates in the models. Path analysis was used to examine the relationship of caregivers and children barriers and facilitators to their relative BMI.

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Actual)

836

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Texas
      • Houston, Texas, United States, 77030
        • USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

8 years to 64 years (ADULT, CHILD)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Fifth-grade children and their caregivers, or a caregiver of a 5th grade child attending a public school.

Description

  1. Children in grade 5 and primary caregiver of a child in the 5th grade (the primary caregiver was defined as the person responsible for the health of the child and who has the most influence in what the child eats most days of the week)
  2. Attend public school and caregiver to a child in a public school
  3. Fell in one of three racial/ethnic groups (African Americans, Hispanics, White)

Exclusion Criteria:

  1. Pregnant women were not recruited as their dietary intake was different because of pregnancy.
  2. Children not attending 5th grade in public school.
  3. Parents of children not attending 5th grade in public school
  4. parents of children attending 5th grade in public school but who were not responsible for the health of the child and who did not have the most influence in what the qualified child ate most days of the week.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
Intervention / Treatment
Children's Nutrition Research Center
Survey, no intervention.
Other: survey
Cross-sectional survey
Western Human Nutrition Research Center
Survey, no intervention.
Other: survey
Cross-sectional survey
Human Nutrition Research Center On Aging
Survey, no intervention.
Other: survey
Cross-sectional survey
Delta Obesity Prevention Research Center
Survey, no intervention.
Other: survey
Cross-sectional survey
Beltsville Human Nutr Research Center
Survey, no intervention.
Other: survey
Cross-sectional survey
Grand Forks Human Nutr Research Center
Survey, no intervention.
Other: survey
Cross-sectional survey

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Measuring and Reporting on the Barriers and Facilitators to Meeting the Dietary Guidelines of Americans among 5th Graders and the Caregivers of 5th Graders Was Assessed Using Questionnaires.
Time Frame: 3/2010- 7/2012
3/2010- 7/2012

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Baylor College of Medicine

Collaborators

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
Dairy Management Inc.

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 2011

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

August 1, 2012

Study Completion (ACTUAL)

June 1, 2015

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 22, 2016

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 31, 2016

First Posted (ESTIMATE)

April 1, 2016

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ESTIMATE)

April 1, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 31, 2016

Last Verified

March 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • H-23839

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

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