Can a food program get kids to eat more veggies? kenya study aims to find out
NCT ID NCT05992376
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This completed study looked at a program called Vegetables for All in Kenya, which helps low-income families eat more vegetables by improving how they are sold and marketed. Over 4,200 women and their children took part in surveys. The main goal was to see if the program increased the amount of vegetables children ate.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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4,213 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Nov 2023
- Finished
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Jan 2026
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Household Surveys Inclusion Criteria: * Reside in the FFZs assigned; * Be a woman between 18-49 years old; * Have a child 3-12 years old * The household earns \<$3.20 per person per day; * Be able to speak one of the main local languages and/or Kiswahili; * Provide informed consent to participate in the study. Mama Mboga Surveys Inclusion Criteria: * Be a mama mboga retailer of vegetables in a FFZ in the districts selected for the evaluation; * Be in business for at least 6 months * Be over 18 years old; * Be able to speak one of the main local languages and/or Kiswahili; * Provide informed consent to participate in the study. In-depth interviews with value chain actors Inclusion criteria: * Be a vegetable supplier to mama mbogas as part of the FFZ, are involved in demand generation activities, or involved in food safety compliance; * Be over 18 years old; * Be able to speak one of the main local languages and/or Kiswahili; * Provide informed consent to participate in the study. Focus group discussion (FGD) participants will be selected from lists of participants in the FFZ and household surveys and will be consented again for the FGDs if they meet the following criteria: FGDs with households Inclusion criteria: * Be a woman living in a BoP household in a FFZ selected for the evaluation; * Have ever visited a mama mboga's place of business * Participated in the baseline survey * Be over 18 years old; * Be able to speak one of the main local languages and/or Kiswahili; * Provide informed consent to participate in the study. FGDs with mama mbogas Inclusion criteria: * Be a mama mboga linked to the Vegetables for All project in one of the intervention FFZs * Have been a mama mboga for at least 6 months * Be over 18 years old; * Be able to speak one of the main local languages and/or Kiswahili; * Provide informed consent to participate in the study.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Kula Vyema Centre of Food Economics
Kiambu, Kenya
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