Watt 2014.

Study name	Methodological development of an exploratory randomised controlled trial of an early years' nutrition intervention: the CHERRY programme (Choosing Healthy Eating when Really Young)
Methods	Study design: cluster‐RCT
Participants	Service type: centre‐based Country (region): England (Cornwall and Islington) Number of services participating: 16
Interventions	Number of conditions: 1 intervention, 1 control Intervention strategies: Ethos and environment ECEC staff Training: a staff training session will be offered to all staff working in the centres. The training session covered various aspects of healthy eating and nutrition for early years and included an introduction and overview of the CHERRY programme. Each training session will be tailored to the needs of the staff, as identified by heads of each intervention centre. Support: intervention centres will be given support and advice to revise and develop their centre’s food policies in order to support healthy eating practices and procedures. Partnerships Families Education: 4 x 2‐h sessions (1 each week) will be delivered over 4 weeks. The first hour of each session will involve parents discussing and learning about a variety of aspects of healthy eating. The second hour will involve parents and children together for a more practical, ‘hands on’ cook and eat session involving basic food preparation and tasting. Each session will begin with a recap from the previous week and finish with parents being given a ‘CHERRY at home’ activity to complete before the following week’s session. The intervention group will receive SMS reminders via mobile phones between sessions.
Outcomes	Outcomes relating to child dietary intake: Fruit intake, vegetable intake, soft drink intake, sugary foods intake Outcomes relating to child anthropometric measures: not reported
Starting date	October 2010
Contact information	Professor Richard Geddie Watt, r.watt@ucl.ac.uk
Notes	Trial registration not reported.