Fruit and Vegetable Intake Promotion. "The UVa Community Eats Healthy" Study Protocol (University of Valladolid)

University of Valladolid211 enrolled

Overview

The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to increase the consumption of fruit and vegetables of the University of Valladolid (UVa) community employing three different online methodologies: facebook (FB), virtual campus (VC) and, instagram (IG).

In order to use different methodologies, the sample was randomly divided in four groups, three took the nutrition educational program and the other one was a control group. All four groups had access to the virtual campus of the UVa which uses the teaching platform Moodle Learning Management System (LMS). In this platform, a course entitled "The UVa community eats healthy" was created with four sections. Each of the sections corresponded to one of the four groups, the names of the sections were: I-campus (VC group), C-campus (control group), F-campus (FB group), and G-campus (IG group). To make the intervention more effective, this program was theory-based designed, based on the theory of planned behaviour (TPB). In order to assess the effectivity of social media use for nutrition education compared to more traditional interventions, the program was adapted to three platforms: virtual campus, private account of IG and private group of FB. The topics of the intervention groups were the same but with adapted activities.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH

Masking

SINGLE

Enrollment

211

Conditions

Fruit and Vegetable Consumption

Interventions

Increase of fruit and vegetable consumptionBEHAVIORAL

Week 1 Presentation of the program. Healthy eating Week 2 Fruit and vegetable: nutritional value, types, seasonality, benefits for health Week 3 Shopping Fruit and vegetable: tips, places, conservation methods Week 4 Healthy menu planning with "My Plate" Week 5 How to cook Fruit and Vegetable avoiding food waste Week 6 Healthy snacks using Fruit and vegetable Week 7 Batch cooking

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 YearsMax age: 70 YearsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * being part of the UVa community at the time of recruitment * having IG and/or FB account * having made the self-registration to the Moodle virtual campus of each group during the enrolment period Exclusion Criteria: * not meeting inclusion criteria

Locations (1)

University of Valladolid

Valladolid, Spain

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Fruit and vegetable consumption

The consumption will be measured using MEDAS-14 questionnaire from Predimed Study

Time frame: up to 8 weeks

Secondary Outcomes

Fruit and vegetable consumption of the different groups

The consumption will be measured using MEDAS-14 questionnaire from Predimed Study classified by group.

Time frame: up to 8 weeks

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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