Watch Me Grow: A garden-based pilot intervention to increase fruit and vegetable intake in preschoolers

Watch Me Grow: A garden-based pilot intervention to increase fruit and vegetable intake in preschoolers ? a randomized controlled trial

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN34755197

Enrollment

Registered

2012-12-13

Start date

2011-01-03

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2015-01-13

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Conditions

Child Nutrition Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine

Interventions

Centers allocated 1:1 to WMG intervention or delayed WMG intervention. We compare the Watch Me Grow (WMG) garden-based intervention to a delayed intervention. WMG is a crop-a-month curriculum and gar

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Center directors in North Carolina who care for at least 3 children between the ages of 3 and 5

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Center directors outside of North Carolina, or those who do not care for children between the ages of 3 and 5

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Servings of vegetables consumed by children in child care measured pre intervention and one month post intervention	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Servings of vegetables served to children in child care measured pre intervention and one month post intervention	—

Countries

United States of America

Outcome results

None listed

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