Healthy Eating and Lifestyle for Total Health

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The Dietary Guidelines for Americans provide recommendations for making better food and physical activity choices that promote health and help prevent disease. Yet, few Americans meet the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) and a large percentage are overweight.

Detailed Description
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The goal of the research was to examine the association between weight and the barriers and facilitators to meeting the DGA in a multi-site study using a cross-sectional survey. 836 caregiver-child dyads enrolled and completed the HEALTH study questionnaire across six sites among three race/ethnic groups participating in the HEALTH Study. Barriers and facilitators to meeting the DGA were assessed using a validated questionnaire which was developed specifically for the HEALTH Study. Heights and weights were measured. A series of bivariate regression analyses were conducted to examine the association between the caregivers BMI or the children BMI z-score and the barriers and facilitators to meeting the DGA, adjusting for appropriate covariates in the models. Path analysis was used to examine the relationship of caregivers and children barriers and facilitators to their relative BMI.

Official Title
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Healthy Eating and Lifestyle for Total Health

Conditions
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Eating Behavior

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: survey


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Children in grade 5 and primary caregiver of a child in the 5th grade (the primary caregiver was defined as the person responsible for the health of the child and who has the most influence in what the child eats most days of the week) Attend public school and caregiver to a child in a public school Fell in one of three racial/ethnic groups (African Americans, Hispanics, White) Exclusion Criteria: Pregnant women were not recruited as their dietary intake was different because of pregnancy. Children not attending 5th grade in public school. Parents of children not attending 5th grade in public school parents of children attending 5th grade in public school but who were not responsible for the health of the child and who did not have the most influence in what the qualified child ate most days of the week.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 8 Years
Maximum Age: 64 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Children's Nutrition Research Center<br>Survey, no intervention. | Other: survey<br>* Cross-sectional survey<br>|
| Western Human Nutrition Research Center<br>Survey, no intervention. | Other: survey<br>* Cross-sectional survey<br>|
| Human Nutrition Research Center On Aging<br>Survey, no intervention. | Other: survey<br>* Cross-sectional survey<br>|
| Delta Obesity Prevention Research Center<br>Survey, no intervention. | Other: survey<br>* Cross-sectional survey<br>|
| Beltsville Human Nutr Research Center<br>Survey, no intervention. | Other: survey<br>* Cross-sectional survey<br>|
| Grand Forks Human Nutr Research Center<br>Survey, no intervention. | Other: survey<br>* Cross-sectional survey<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Measuring and Reporting on the Barriers and Facilitators to Meeting the Dietary Guidelines of Americans among 5th Graders and the Caregivers of 5th Graders Was Assessed Using Questionnaires. |  | 3/2010- 7/2012 | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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DGA, HEALTH, barriers, facilitators, BMI, Public Schools