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Description

Eating Better Together is a 6-month pilot program that teaches families about healthy eating and activity and provides home deliveries of fresh fruits and vegetables from a local retail partner.

Conditions

Childhood Obesity, Obesity

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Study overview

Eating Better Together is a 6-month pilot program that teaches families about healthy eating and activity and provides home deliveries of fresh fruits and vegetables from a local retail partner.

Eating Better Together: A Pilot Study

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Condition
Childhood Obesity
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Knoxville

Cherokee Health Systems, Dameron Avenue Pedatrics, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, 37917

Knoxville

Healthy Eating and Activity Laboratory, Knoxville, Tennessee, United States, 37996

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

For general information about clinical research, read Learn About Studies.

Eligibility Criteria

  • * Patients at the Cherokee Health Systems clinic in Cherokee Mills
  • * Child age between 4 to 10 years old
  • * Child BMI \> 85th percentile
  • * Child must have an adult caregiver (\> 18 years) living in the household and be willing to participate in the program
  • * Adult caregivers need to be able to read and speak English
  • * Not patients at the CHS Knox County Pediatric Clinic
  • * A child not within the 4 to 10 years age range
  • * Child BMI at or below the 85 percentile
  • * Child without an adult caregiver (\> 18 years) living in the household and not willing to participate in the program
  • * Adult caregivers that are not able to read and speak English

Ages Eligible for Study

4 Years to 10 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville,

Hollie A Raynor, PhD, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Study Record Dates

2025-02-28