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Comparing health education along with giving knowledge about understanding the sugar and salt content in food container labels with only health education and also without any intervention in Helping Young children Eat Less Sugar and Salt

Effectiveness of Health Education module versus Food Label Training in Reducing pre-school childrens? Sugar and Salt Intake: A Randomized Controlled Trial - NIL

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2025/08/093763
Enrollment
375
Registered
2025-08-27
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-09-15

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

Intervention1: Health education and/or food label training: Modular intervention for 6 months Control Intervention1: Standard Anganwadi services: Effectiveness of health education module and food labe

Sponsors

Kasturba Medical College Mangalore
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Mothers of children aged 3-6 years registered in the participating Anganwadi centres, Residency within the Mangalore urban area, Ability to understand and communicate in Kannada or English

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Mothers who refuse to consent Mothers of children with known medical conditions requiring specific dietary restrictions related to sugar and salt intake Mothers with cognitive impairments or psychiatric illnesses that may affect their ability to understand and participate in the study

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Reduction in the consumption of sugar the diet of children, Reduction in the consumption of salt in the diet of children Timepoint: Baseline, 3 months after intervention—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
NILTimepoint: NIL—

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactDr Sara J Ommen

Kasturba Medical College Mangalore

prasanna.mithra@manipal.edu9449243260

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026