Specially Designed Eating Plates Effects on Food Intake in Normal Weight and Overweight Children

Obesity Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Effect of Specially Designed Eating Plates on Self-served Portions and Caloric Intake in Normal Weight and Overweight Children

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT02166892
• Other study ID #: MeirMc0042-14CTIL
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: June 9, 2014
• Last updated: March 21, 2018
• Start date: July 1, 2014
• Est. completion date: December 1, 2017

Study information

• Verified date: March 2018
• Source: Meir Medical Center
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Previous studies demonstrated that children served themselves more food when using larger plates and bowels. The purpose of this study is to evaluate if self-served portions and caloric intake in normal weight and overweight children will be influenced by a specially designed eating plates compared to similar size normal plates.

Description:

40 normal weight and 40 overweight kindergarden and elementary school children will participate in this study.

Anthropometric measurements: weight, height, BMI and BMI percentiles will be measured and calculated for each participant.

The participants will take part in two non-exercise activities at the 'sport and health center for children and adolescence'. At the end of each activity, a lunch buffet that contains all food ingredients will be served. During one meeting the children will be handed a regular plate and at the second meeting they will be handed a specially designed plate (with marking of the recommended meal composition and portion).

The amount and composition of food on the plates will be assessed by weighing and photography before and after eating and analysed to report macronutrient consumption by a dietitian. The meetings for normal weight children will be separated from the overweight children.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 22
• Est. completion date: December 1, 2017
• Est. primary completion date: December 1, 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 4 Years to 13 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Over weight / obese children

• Normal weight children

Exclusion Criteria:

• Organic disease that cause obesity

• Underweight children (BMI percentiles < 5)

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Obesity
• Overweight

Intervention

Other:
• Specially designed plates

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Israel	Meir Medical Center	Kfar Saba

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Dan Nemet, MD

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Israel, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Caloric intake	The amount of food and drink consumed by the children will be evaluated.	Up to 1 hour after food serving