Learning disabilities associated with poor diet Mental and Behavioural Disorders Learning disabilities associated with poor diet
Conditions
Interventions
A web-based tutorial will be constructed online. Twenty parents are recruited to participate in the six week tutorial via Facebook. Interested parents fill out a screening questionnaire to determine t
Sponsors
Food Ingredient and Health Research Institute
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. A parent or guardian of an un-medicated learning-disabled child between the ages of 34 months and 8 years with behavior problems 2. Parents have a home computer with daily access to the internet 3. Parents eat the western diet (aka SAD) at the beginning of the intervention along with their family members (e.g. no special diets) 4. Parents have a minimum educational level equivalent to a high school diploma or GED by self-report
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Parents with learning-disabled children on medication for the treatment of autism or ADHD 2. Parents with learning-disabled children on special diets (e.g. gluten or casein free, Feingold, etc.) 3. Parents with learning-disabled children under the age of 34 months or over the age of 8 years 4. Parents without access to the Internet
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Intake of highly processed food and whole foods is measured using survey questionnaire (by coding and determining diet scores for "intake of highly processed food" and "intake of whole and/or organic food") at baseline and after the six week tutorial. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| No secondary outcome measures. | — |
Countries
United States of America
Contacts
Public ContactRenee Dufault
Outcome results
None listed