Family Eats:Cancer Prevention for Families
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Conditions studied: Healthy
In brief
Poor diets lead to weight problems, and may increase cancer risk. Cancers may develop over a long period of time, with some possibly initiating in childhood. Therefore, promoting healthy diets and preventing excess weight gain during childhood could be cancer protective. Families influence children's dietary behaviors by their actions and controlling the home food environment. The internet provides family access to interventions with the convenience of the home. An eight-session interactive web-based program promoting a healthy home food environment for African-American families with 9-12 year old daughters (Family Eats) was previously developed and tested. This study tests whether the Family Eats web program improves diet and weight outcomes among 320 African-American families with 8-12 year old children. This important study will pioneer a new channel for behavior change intervention with African-American families and holds the promise of reaching large numbers of children and their families, enabling all to adopt healthy eating behaviors and achieve energy balance and reduce cancer risks.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00983840
- Run by
- Baylor College of Medicine
- People needed
- 151
- Starts
- 2009-09-01
- Expected to finish
- 2012-10-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2015-03-20
Who can join
Age: 8 and older, up to 10. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- African -American families with 8-10 year old children
- Home computer with dsl line
You may not qualify if…
- Parents or children who report a medically prescribed diet, identified through a pre-screening questionnaire, will be excluded because these mothers may have received prior dietary counseling and have increased motivation for making dietary changes.
Where it is running
- Children's Nutrition Research Center — Houston, Texas, United States
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