Recruiting

Sustainable Eating

Sponsor:

University of Guelph

Code:

NCT06928636

Conditions

Eating Behaviors

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Interventions

Supper Heroes online environmentally friendly eating intervention for families

Monthly emails about environmentally friendly habits

Study Details

Brief summary:

This study will examine the effectiveness of the online family-based program focused on sustainable eating compared to weekly emails about environmentally friendly behaviours.

Conditions

Eating Behaviors

Study ID

NCT06928636

Start date

Jul 9, 2025

Status verified date

Apr, 2026

Completion date

Dec, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Apr, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 0+

Healthy Volunteers: Accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • have at least one child 9-12 years old
  • live in Ontario, Canada
  • have access to the internet
  • can respond to English surveys

Exclusion Criteria:

  • parent(s) with prior nutrition and food education (e.g., degree in nutrition, culinary arts training)
  • families with food allergies that would prevent them from participating in the intervention (e.g., soy products, beans or lentils)
  • families who are vegetarian or vegan

Study Design

Enrollment

330 participants

Anticipated

Allocation

Randomized

Intervention Model

Parallel Assignment

Primary purpose

Other

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

other: Control Group

Families randomized to the control group will receive weekly emails for 7 weeks about environmentally friendly habits.

experimental: Supper Heroes online environmentally friendly eating intervention for families

Families randomized to the intervention group will complete a 7-week Supper Heroes program that includes activities focused on making more meals at home, reducing food waste, and eating more plant-based foods.

Interventions

Supper Heroes online environmentally friendly eating intervention for families

Families randomized to the intervention group will complete a 7-week Supper Heroes program that includes activities focused on making more meals at home, reducing food waste, and eating more plant-based foods.

Monthly emails about environmentally friendly habits

Families randomized to the control group will receive monthly emails for 6 months about environmentally friendly habits.

Primary outcome measure

  • Decrease in avoidable food waste [ Time Frame: 15 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Shannon Pare, MSc

519-824-4120supperheroes@uoguelph.ca

Jess Haines, PhD

519-824-4120jhaines@uoguelph.ca

Locations

University of Guelph

Recruiting

Guelph, Ontario, Canada, N1G 2W1

Contacts

Shannon Pare, MSc

519-824-4120spare@uoguelph.ca

Principal Investigator:

Jess Haines, PhD

More Information

Sponsor

University of Guelph

Last update posted

Jun 8, 2026

Last verified

Apr, 2026

Keywords

  • food waste
  • environmentally friendly
  • plant-based foods

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by University of Guelph on 2026-06-08.