Barriers and Facilitators to Vegetable Intake

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The purpose of this study is to find out why people do or do not eat vegetables.

Detailed Description
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The Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) stress the importance of a diet high in fruits and vegetables (FV) to achieve health benefits. Despite the recommendations, adherence is low; only 12% of the population meets the recommendation for fruits and even less of the population (9%) meets the recommendation for vegetables. Recently, it was found that vegetable consumption increased when individuals were provided the recommended daily amounts while participating in a clinical study, but returned to pre-study low levels when vegetables were no longer supplied. This result suggests that habitual consumption of FV is strongly regulated by behaviors influenced by social, environmental, and/or individual factors. Therefore, identifying regulatory factors of vegetable consumption will greatly assist in developing successful strategies to increase vegetable intake to achieve health benefits. The overall objective of this study is to examine both barriers and facilitators to adherence to consuming DGA-recommended amounts of vegetables in participants who completed a randomized controlled trial with provided vegetables or who were in a control group, using the Nominal Group Technique (NGT).

Official Title
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Barriers and Facilitators to Following the Dietary Guidelines for Vegetable Intake: Follow-up of an Intervention to Increase Vegetable Consumption

Conditions
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Overweight, Obese

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Barriers
* Other: Facilitators


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Participant in NCT02585102 who gave permission to be contacted for a follow-up study. Exclusion Criteria: Did not participate in NCT02585102. Participant in NCT02585102 who did not give permission to be contacted for a follow-up study.

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 18 Years
Maximum Age: 65 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 |
| --- | --- |
| Barriers to Vegetable Consumption<br>Four groups of participants will meet for NGT sessions, identifying barriers to meeting the DGA recommendation for vegetable consumption. | Other: Barriers<br>* NGT sessions identifying barriers to vegetable intake.<br>|
| Facilitators to Vegetable Consumption<br>Four groups of participants will meet for NGT sessions, identifying facilitators to meeting the DGA recommendation for vegetable consumption. | Other: Facilitators<br>* NGT sessions identifying facilitators to vegetable intake.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Barriers and facilitators to vegetable consumption | NGT results providing an exhaustive list of barriers and facilitators to meeting the DGA for vegetable consumption. | 2 hours | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Vegetable Intake