Changing household dietary behaviours through community-based networks: A pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial in rural Kerala, India.

ABSTRACT:

Trial design

With the rise in prevalence of non-communicable diseases in India and Kerala in particular, efforts to develop lifestyle interventions have increased. However, contextualised interventions are limited. We developed and implemented contextualised behavioural intervention strategies focusing on household dietary behaviours in selected rural areas in Kerala and conducted a community-based pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial to assess its effectiveness to increase the intake of fruits and vegetables at individual level, and the procurement of fruits and vegetables at the household level and reduce the consumption of salt, sugar and oil at the household level.

Methods

Six out of 22 administrative units in the northern part of Thiruvananthapuram district of

SUBMITTER: Daivadanam M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6104953 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature