None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
To determine whether provision of a free breakfast improves attendance, academic performance, nutrition and food security in children attending decile 1-4 primary schools in New Zealand
Interventions
The intervention will be the provision of a free breakfast at primary schools in deprived areas in the North Island, New Zealand. This will be delivered as either the Red Cross Breakfast in Schools Programme or a non-branded five day a week breakfast food provision programme. At a minimum, the breakfast provides weetbix and milk. There is no minimum or maximum amount of food allowed to be taken. The breakfast is provided in a suitable communal area prior to school starting, and is available for
The intervention will be the provision of a free breakfast at primary schools in deprived areas in the North Island, New Zealand. This will be delivered as either the Red Cross Breakfast in Schools Programme or a non-branded five day a week breakfast food provision programme. At a minimum, the breakfast provides weetbix and milk. There is no minimum or maximum amount of food allowed to be taken. The breakfast is provided in a suitable communal area prior to school starting, and is available for any child to attend of their own volition. It will be available every school day from the randomised start time over one school year. Participants will be followed up four times over the school year.
Sponsors
Clinical Trials Research Unit
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Other
Primary purpose
Prevention
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
5 Years to 13 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Schools: Primary schools in low-decile areas in the North Island of New Zealand, who have agreed to particpate in a free school breakfast programme, but have not yet commenced it. Schools must be of sufficient size that they estimate at least 25 students would participate in the programme. Students: students who report being likely to participate in the breakfast programme will be recruited
Exclusion criteria
Schools: The school has an existing breakfast programme running Students: Another family member is enrolled in the study; child has a diagnosed food allergy
Outcome results
None listed