The Influence of Dietary Variety and Course Sequence on Fruit Intake in Preschool-Aged Children

Caloric Intake Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Influence of Dietary Variety and Course Sequence on Fruit Intake in Preschool-Aged Children

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01414699
• Other study ID #: 8585B
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: August 10, 2011
• Last updated: April 3, 2018
• Start date: August 2011
• Est. completion date: December 2015

Study information

• Verified date: April 2018
• Source: The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the extent to which manipulation of dietary variety and course sequence affects fruit intake and overall energy intake in preschool-aged children.

Description:

In the past two decades overweight and obesity rates in children (ages 2-19) have risen from 5% to 17%, with toddlers (ages 2-5) at 10%. Among children and adolescents the consumption of low-energy-dense foods, such as fruit and vegetables (F&Vs), remain below current recommendations. Therefore, strategies to increase low-energy-dense F&V intake and decrease high-energy-dense food intake aimed at young children are essential. Antecedents, or cues, can trigger eating. Therefore, manipulating food presentation can be utilized to produce certain behaviors. Dietary variety and course sequence are two examples of this relationship. It has been well established that high dietary variety leads to greater consumption patterns compared to low DV diets in adults. High DV has only been tested with problematic foods, and not with the goal of increasing F&V intake. Additionally, serving a first course meal can act as a preload to decrease intake of the second course entrée. Dietary variety and course sequence manipulations have been experimentally tested with caloric intake goals but never with the goal of increasing F&V intake. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to determine the extent to which manipulation of dietary variety and course sequence affects fruit intake and overall energy intake in preschool-aged children.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 16
• Est. completion date: December 2015
• Est. primary completion date: December 2011
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 3 Years to 6 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• All children that are =3 years of age enrolled in the ELC preschool with parental consent can participate.

• Eligible children must also like applesauce, peaches and cheese cubes, and be able to consume foods with a spoon.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Children allergic to applesauce, peaches, or chocolate pudding or who are lactose-intolerant will not be included in the study.

• Did not attend all feeding sessions.

• Did not consume more than 5 grams from any of the foods on an occasion.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Caloric Intake

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Variety
These conditions will have snack served with an increase of fruit variety.
• Non-Variety
These conditions will receive a snack without a variety of fruit.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Healthy Eating and Activity Laboratory	Knoxville	Tennessee

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Total grams of snack consumed.	Total grams of snack consumed by participants over the 4-week study (with 1 snack per week) period will be determined by subtracting pre- and post-consumption weight of the snack provided.	4 weeks

External Links

•   This is the website for the Healthy Eating and Activity Laboratory (HEAL), where this study is being conducted.