Time Constraints During School Meals Clinical Trial
Official title:
Time for Lunch: The Impact of Lunch Time Constraints on Child Eating Behaviors
| NCT number | NCT04191291 |
| Other study ID # | 19412 |
| Secondary ID | |
| Status | Completed |
| Phase | N/A |
| First received | |
| Last updated | |
| Start date | June 3, 2019 |
| Est. completion date | June 28, 2019 |
| Verified date | July 2022 |
| Source | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Contact | n/a |
| Is FDA regulated | No |
| Health authority | |
| Study type | Interventional |
Recent peer-reviewed observational evidence suggests that school children receive anywhere from 10-33 minutes of seated lunch time and that students with less time to eat discard higher amounts of milk, entrée (i.e. protein items), grains, and vegetables. This waste is a missed nutritional and food security opportunity and also negatively impacts the environment. The purpose of this study is to estimate the impact that lunch time constraints have on child food selection, consumption and waste behaviors using a crossover trial design, where the duration of seated lunch times are randomly allocated to be either 10 minutes or 20 minutes each day.
| Status | Completed |
| Enrollment | 39 |
| Est. completion date | June 28, 2019 |
| Est. primary completion date | June 28, 2019 |
| Accepts healthy volunteers | Accepts Healthy Volunteers |
| Gender | All |
| Age group | 7 Years to 14 Years |
| Eligibility | Inclusion Criteria: - Must be enrolled in local summer camp Exclusion Criteria: - None |
| Country | Name | City | State |
|---|---|---|---|
| United States | University of Illinois | Urbana | Illinois |
| Lead Sponsor | Collaborator |
|---|---|
| University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
United States,
| Type | Measure | Description | Time frame | Safety issue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Primary | Food item selection | The type and number of school meal components selected by students to eat for lunch. | Ranges from 5 days to 20 days, depending upon how long each participant elects to enroll in the summer camp | |
| Primary | Food item consumption | The weight of each school meal component that was consumed by each child during lunch. Each measured in grams. | Ranges from 5 days to 20 days, depending upon how long each participant elects to enroll in the summer camp | |
| Primary | Food item waste | The weight of each school meal component that was discarded by each child during lunch. Each measured in grams. | Ranges from 5 days to 20 days, depending upon how long each participant elects to enroll in the summer camp |