Evaluation of Free School Breakfast Initiative

ISRCTN	ISRCTN18336527
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN18336527
Protocol serial number	N/A
Sponsor	Welsh Assembly Government (UK)
Funder	Welsh Assembly Government (UK) - Contract number 266/2003 (extension)

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Prof Laurence Moore
Scientific

Cardiff Institute of Society Health and Ethics
Cardiff University
53 Park Place
Cardiff
CF10 3AT
United Kingdom

Email	MooreL1@cf.ac.uk

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study type	Participant information sheet
Scientific title	Evaluation of Free School Breakfast Initiative: a randomised controlled trial
Study objectives	Provision of free school breakfasts will prospectively predict improved dietary behaviours, cognitive performance, positive attitudes to eating healthy breakfasts and school attendance.
Ethics approval(s)	Cardiff University Social Science Ethics Committee
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Nutritional health behaviours and cognitive performance
Intervention	Provision of free school breakfast versus no free breakfast
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	1. Cognitive performance 2. Dietary behavours 3. Attitudes to eating healthy breakfasts 4. School attendance Outcomes assessed at baseline and 12 month follow up
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	Uptake of initiative
Completion date	31/08/2007

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Child
Sex	All
Target sample size at registration	5000
Key inclusion criteria	Primary school children in schools eligible to receive free school breakfasts in 9 LEAs across Wales. The majority of data collection will be conducted with years 5/6 but parents of a random sample of younger children will be asked to provide responses to questionnaires.
Key exclusion criteria	1. Participants not meeting the above inclusion criteria 2. Children with special educational needs will be excluded from testing at discretion of teaching staff
Date of first enrolment	01/09/2004
Date of final enrolment	31/08/2007

Cardiff University

Cardiff
CF10 3AT
United Kingdom

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article	results	01/02/2011		Yes	No
Results article	results	25/06/2015		Yes	No
Protocol article	protocol	21/09/2007		Yes	No
Participant information sheet	Participant information sheet	11/11/2025	11/11/2025	No	Yes
Study website	Study website	11/11/2025	11/11/2025	No	Yes

08/04/2016: Publication reference added.