Increasing the Variety of Vegetables and Fruits Served to Preschool Children at a Snack

Obesity Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01557218
• Other study ID #: ChildFood101
• Secondary ID: R01DK082580
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: March 15, 2012
• Last updated: February 14, 2013
• Start date: January 2011
• Est. completion date: May 2011

Study information

• Verified date: February 2013
• Source: Penn State University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Intake of vegetables and fruits in preschool children is less than recommended amounts. Although offering a variety of foods has been shown to increase intake, this effect has not been well studied for low-energy-dense foods. The purpose of this study was to test whether increasing the variety of vegetables and fruits served to preschool children affected the amount eaten. The hypotheses were that increasing the variety of vegetables and fruits would increase both the amount selected and the amount eaten.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 61
• Est. completion date: May 2011
• Est. primary completion date: April 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 3 Years to 6 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• attenders at the relevant child care center

Exclusion Criteria:

• allergy or sensitivity to any test food

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Intervention Model: Crossover Assignment, Masking: Open Label

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Feeding Behaviors
• Obesity

Intervention

Other:
• Cucumber snack
Three 300-g bowls of vegetables per table: three of cucumber slices
• Pepper snack
Three 300-g bowls of vegetables per table: three of yellow pepper strips
• Tomato snack
Three 300-g bowls of vegetables per table: three of grape tomatoes
• Vegetable variety snack
Three 300-g bowls of vegetables per table: one each of cucumber slices, pepper strips, and grape tomatoes
• Apple snack
Three 300-g bowls of fruits per table: three of apple wedges
• Peach snack
Three 300-g bowls of fruits per table: three of peach slices
• Pineapple snack
Three 300-g bowls of fruits per table: three of pineapple half-rings
• Fruit variety snack
Three 300-g bowls of fruits per table: of each of apple wedges, peach slices, and pineapple half-rings

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Penn State University Laboratory for the Study of Human Ingestive Behavior	University Park	Pennsylvania

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Penn State University	National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Intake of vegetables and fruit		One month	No