Mobile app to help rural adolescent girls eat more fruits and vegetables

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

This clinical trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of a mobile app designed to train adolescents in craving regulation to improve their dietary intake of fruits and vegetables. Participants, aged 14-18, will be randomized into either an active intervention group using the app or a control group receiving general food facts. The study will assess changes in healthy eating index scores, body mass index, waist circumference, and blood glucose levels over one year. Participants will engage with the app twice a week and undergo in-person assessments at baseline and after one year.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Inclusion Criteria:

* Biologically female
* Female gender
* Between the ages of 15y and 18y

Exclusion Criteria:

* Biologically male
* Self-identify as male
* BMI percentile (for age and sex) \< 5th%
* Diagnosis from a medical profession of any of the following conditions, syndromes, diseases that may affect growth, glucose metabolism, blood clotting, cognitive development\*:

  * Any form of or history of cancer
  * Any form of diabetes (type I, II, insipidus)
  * Precocious puberty
  * Crohn's disease
  * Congenital heart defect
  * Cystic fibrosis
  * Cerebral palsy
  * Anorexia nervosa
  * Bulimia nervosa
  * Active infection
  * Fever
  * Hemophilia
  * Hydrocephalus
  * intestinal atresia
  * Jeune syndrome
  * Klippel-Trénaunay syndrome
  * Legg-Calvé-Perthes
  * Long QT syndrome
  * Muenke syndrome
  * Myelomeningocele
  * Necrotizing Enterocolitis
  * Neutropenia
  * Non-alcholoic fatty liver diease
  * Pfeiffer Syndrome
  * Saethre-Chotzen syndrome
  * Shwachman-Diamond syndrome
  * Spinal muscular atrophy
  * Sturge-Weber syndrome
  * Ulcerative Colitis
  * von Willebrand disease
  * Pancreatitis
  * Hurler syndrome
  * Niemann-Pick disease
  * Tay-Sachs disease
  * Gaucher disease
  * Krabbe disease
  * Zellweger syndrome
  * Wilson disease
  * Brachial Plexus Palsy
  * Brain Abscess or Spinal Abscess
  * Coarctation of the Aorta
  * Aortic stenosis
  * Ventricular septal defect
  * Patent ductus arteriosus or mitral valve abnormalities
  * Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia
  * Craniofacial Microsomia
  * Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy
  * Dyskeratosis Congenita
  * Galactosemia
  * Maple syrup urine disease
  * Phenylketonuria
  * Turner syndrome
  * Prader-Wili disease
  * History of polycystic ovary syndrome
  * History of thyroid disease (either hyper or hypo)
  * History of adrenal disease (including Cushing's syndrome, Addison's disease)
  * Use of medications related to metabolism/weight such as insulin, corticosteroids, growth hormone, sulfonylurea, thiazolidinediones, beta blockers, calcium channel blockers, bupropion, reboxetine, molindone, clozapine, olanzapine, topiramate, zonisamide, valproate, carbamazepine, lithium, hypolipidemic drugs, highly-active antiretroviral therapies

Where it's running

• University of Wyoming
  Laramie, Wyoming, United States Recruiting

Study contacts

• Principal investigator: Grace Shearrer, PhD — University of Wyoming
• Study coordinator: Grace Shearrer, PhD
• Email: gshearre@uwyo.edu
• Phone: 3033326334

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.