Netmums healthier lives study

Healthy Happy Family Eating: A randomised controlled trial of an online family eating intervention

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN11278880

Enrollment

1500

Registered

2016-12-07

Start date

2016-11-15

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2017-02-06

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Conditions

Unhealthy eating Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Unhealthy eating

Interventions

Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two groups electronically when signing up to the study. Intervention group - Healthy Happy Family Eating programme: Participants receive a series of n

baseline (immediately before receiving the first email - questionnaire completion triggers the first email), immediately after the ninth email has been received (i.e. baseline + 3 weeks) and six month

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Able to read and understand English 2. Have at least one child under the age of 16 and over the age of 1 year living with them some of the time 3. An existing member of the parenting website Netmums or willing to join as a member

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Not meeting inclusion criteria.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Healthy environment/healthy food availability in the home is measured using the Healthy Environment subscale of the Child Feeding Practice Questionnaire (CFPQ) 2. Child enjoyment of food is measured using the Enjoyment of Food subscale of the Child Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ) 3. Shared family meal frequency is measured using a measure developed by the researchers for the purpose of this study All measures will be collected at baseline, immediately after the intervention period and 6-months after the intervention period has ended.	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Healthy environment/healthy food availability in the home is measured using the Healthy Environment subscale of the Child Feeding Practice Questionnaire (CFPQ) 2. Child enjoyment of food is measured using the Enjoyment of Food subscale of the Child Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ) 3. Shared family meal frequency is measured using a measure developed by the researchers for the purpose of this study All measures will be collected at baseline, immediately after the intervention period and 6-months after the intervention period has ended.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Parental modelling of eating healthy food, parental encouragement of balance and variety, and involvement of children in meal planning and preparation is measured using three further subscales of the CFPQ: Modelling, Balance & Variety and Involvement 2. Children's food fussiness is measured using one further subscale of the CEBQ: Food fussiness 3. Home-cooking/use of raw ingredients measure (developed by the researchers, based on a measure used in the pilot work) 4. Weekly food budget is measured using a visual analogue scale All measures will be collected at baseline, immediately after the intervention period and 6-months after the intervention period has ended.	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Parental modelling of eating healthy food, parental encouragement of balance and variety, and involvement of children in meal planning and preparation is measured using three further subscales of the CFPQ: Modelling, Balance & Variety and Involvement 2. Children's food fussiness is measured using one further subscale of the CEBQ: Food fussiness 3. Home-cooking/use of raw ingredients measure (developed by the researchers, based on a measure used in the pilot work) 4. Weekly food budget is measured using a visual analogue scale All measures will be collected at baseline, immediately after the intervention period and 6-months after the intervention period has ended.

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Countries

United Kingdom

Contacts

Public ContactSarah Snuggs

s.j.snuggs@pgr.reading.ac.uk+44 7793 563901

Outcome results

None listed

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