Fruits, Vegetables, and Whole Grains: A Community-based Intervention

PHASE1CompletedINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

960

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

January 31, 2005

Primary Completion Date

May 31, 2011

Study Completion Date

May 31, 2011

Conditions
Heart DiseaseDiabetesHypertension
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

No further instruction

Participants receive Health Canada's Food Guide and Physical Activity Guide and no other intervention for the 6 months of the intervention period.

BEHAVIORAL

Food Delivery

Participants receive Canada's Food Guide and Physical Activity guide, in addition to a a weekly sample food basket for 6 months consisting of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and vegetable protein products.

BEHAVIORAL

Fruits (F), vegetables (V), and whole grain (WG) counseling

Participants receive Canada's Food Guide and Physical Activity guide, and intensive dietary counseling for 6 months to increase intake of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and vegetable protein products. The counselling frequency will be weekly intervals for the first month, and then monthly sessions for the second to sixth months.

BEHAVIORAL

Counseling to reduce soft drink intake.

Participants receive Health Canada's Food Guide and Physical Activity guide, and intensive dietary counseling for 6 months to decrease intake of sweetened soft drink. The counselling frequency will be weekly intervals for the first month, and then monthly sessions for the second to sixth months.

BEHAVIORAL

Food Delivery & F, V & WG counseling.

Participants receive Health Canada's Food Guide and Physical Activity guide, a weekly sample food basket for 6 months consisting of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and vegetable protein products, and intensive dietary counseling to increase intake of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and vegetable protein products. The counselling frequency will be weekly intervals for the first month, and then monthly sessions for the second to sixth months.

BEHAVIORAL

Food delivery & soft drink counseling

Participants receive Health Canada's Food Guide and Physical Activity guide, a weekly sample food basket for 6 months consisting of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and vegetable protein products, and intensive dietary counseling for 6 months to decrease intake of sweetened soft drink. The counselling frequency will be weekly intervals for the first month, and then monthly sessions for the second to sixth months.

BEHAVIORAL

F, V, WG & soft drink counseling

Participants receive Health Canada's Food Guide and Physical Activity guide, and intensive dietary counseling for 6 months to increase intake of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and vegetable protein products, and also to decrease intake of sweetened soft drink. The counseling frequency will be weekly intervals for the first month, and then monthly sessions for the second to sixth months.

BEHAVIORAL

Food delivery and F,V, WG & soft drink counseling

Participants receive Health Canada's Food Guide and Physical Activity guide, receive a weekly sample food basket for 6 months consisting of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and vegetable protein products, and intensive dietary counseling for 6 months to increase intake of fruits, vegetables, whole grains, and vegetable protein products, and also to decrease intake of sweetened soft drink. The counselling frequency will be weekly intervals for the first month, and then monthly sessions for the second to sixth months.

Trial Locations (1)

M5S 3E2

University of Toronto, Toronto

Sponsors

Collaborators (1)

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Unity Health Toronto

OTHER

collaborator

Cancer Care Ontario

OTHER

lead

University of Toronto

OTHER

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