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NCT05605483

Salad Bars in the National School Lunch Program: Impact on Dietary Consumption Patterns in Elementary School Students

Completed Last updated 2 August 2023
What this trial tests

trial testing Salad bar in Diet, Food, and Nutrition in 6,269 participants. Completed in 26 April 2023.

Timeline
13 February 2019
Primary endpoint
26 April 2023
26 April 2023

Quick facts

Lead sponsorVirginia Commonwealth University
StatusCompleted
Study typeOBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment6,269
Start date13 February 2019
Primary completion26 April 2023
Estimated completion26 April 2023
Sites1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

Conditions studied

Sponsor

Virginia Commonwealth University

Who can join

5 and older, any sex, with Diet, Food, and Nutrition. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

This project is a research study looking at what foods students choose and eat during school lunch and examines how salad bars impact what children eat.

Publications & conference data

2 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

  1. Design and rationale for evaluating the impact of salad bars on elementary school students' fruit, vegetable, and energy intake: a wait list control, cluster randomized controlled trial.
    Bean MK, Raynor HA, Thornton LM, de Jonge L, et al · · 2022 · cited 3× · PMID 36494649 · DOI 10.1186/s12889-022-14744-y
  2. Impact of school salad bars on fruit and vegetable selection, intake, and waste in Mid-Atlantic elementary schools.
    Bean MK, Mazzeo SE, de Jonge L, Thornton L, et al · · 2025 · cited 1× · PMID 39910590 · DOI 10.1186/s12966-025-01713-y

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