How Environmental Interventions Influence Behavior in School Lunchrooms
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Conditions studied: Child Behavior, Adolescent Behavior, Health Behavior
In brief
The investigators hypothesize that the new United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) regulations for lunches served as part of the National School Lunch Program will decrease the percentage of enrolled students purchasing lunch, increase the percentage of children taking fruit and vegetables, decrease the percentage of fruit and vegetable servings being thrown away, and increase the total number of fruit and vegetable servings eaten. The investigators also hypothesize that when the regulations are in force, simple behavioral interventions can counteract the potentially negative impact on lunch sales and consumption. In other words, implementing the regulations and behavioral interventions together, the percentage of enrolled students taking a school lunch will increase at least back to baseline levels, the percentage of children taking fruits and vegetables will increase, the percentage of fruit and vegetable servings wasted will decrease, and the total number of fruit and vegetable servings eaten will increase.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02091154
- Run by
- Cornell University
- People needed
- 43
- Starts
- 2012-03-01
- Expected to finish
- 2012-05-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2022-02-07
Who can join
Age: 5 and older, up to 19. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Public schools with any combination of grades K-12
You may not qualify if…
- No point of sale system in school
- Satellite school
- Feeder school
Where it is running
- New York City School District — New York, New York, United States
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