Upgrade the Grains Study: Increasing Whole Grain Consumption in Low-income Children With Obesity
Stopped early · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Obesity
In brief
This study will assess the impact of a randomized intervention aimed at increasing consumption of whole grain foods among children from low-income households that participate in the Special Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP, or "food stamps"). A total of 60 obese children (8 to 16 years) will be recruited from a clinical population (Healthy Eating Active Living Program) at University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland. Participants and their caregivers will all receive education about whole grain foods, and will be randomized to either an intervention or control group. The intervention group will receive a monthly reimbursement allotment of up to 10% of their usual SNAP benefit for specific whole grain foods purchased during the three month study period. The control group will not have the financial incentive for purchasing whole grain foods during the 12 week study period. The investigators will assess the feasibility of the intervention, the impact of the intervention on household grocery purchases, and the impact on the child's anthropometrics, dietary intake of whole grain foods (24-hour recall), and markers of metabolic risk.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02719730
- Run by
- UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland
- People needed
- 5
- Starts
- 2016-06-22
- Expected to finish
- 2016-08-02
- Last updated by the study team
- 2018-02-13
Who can join
Age: 8 and older, up to 16. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Obese (BMI greater than 95th percentile for age and gender)
- Low-income family currently participating in SNAP ("food stamps")
- Participant and caregiver speaks either English or Spanish
You may not qualify if…
- medications to lower lipid levels (statins), which would affect insulin sensitivity (e.g. metformin, abilify) or which are known to affect serum cholesterol (e.g. carbamazepine).
- Type II diabetes
Where it is running
- UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland — Oakland, California, United States
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