Family Meal Duration and Children's Eating Behavior

Child Behavior Clinical Trial

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03127579
• Other study ID #: ARC1
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: November 2016
• Est. completion date: December 2017

Study information

• Verified date: June 2022
• Source: Max Planck Institute for Human Development
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The goal of this study is to test whether a longer meal duration could improve the diet quality of children. To answer this question we want to take an experimental approach by implementing a longer family meal duration to examine differences in children's eating behavior. The family dinner within a laboratory setting will be video taped and the main outcome is children's fruit and vegetables consumption.

Description:

Parent-child pairs have two dinner in a laboratory setting. The study design is a within-subject design: In the control condition they have as much time as they usual. In the intervention condition they have 50% more time than usual. Order of the two condition is counter balanced. The lab dinner reflects a typical German dinner which consists of bread, cheese, cold meat and fruits and vegetables. Additionally a dessert is served after the main meal. The foods served reflect food preferences of the child. All dinners are video taped. Key outcome variables are consumption of fruits and vegetables, dessert, eating rate and amount time engaged in positive and negative social interaction

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 50
• Est. completion date: December 2017
• Est. primary completion date: December 2017
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 6 Years to 10 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• children and their nutritional gatekeeper

Exclusion Criteria:

• food allergies
• participants follow special diet

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Child Behavior
• Eating
• Family Relations
• Feeding Behavior

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Longer meal duration
Participants have 50% more time to eat than usual

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Germany	Max Planck Institute for Human Development	Berlin

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Max Planck Institute for Human Development	University of Mannheim

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Germany, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Food consumption	The lab dinner is video taped. Consumption of fruits, vegetables, bread, cheese, cold meat and dessert (cookies or pudding), drinks (water, or milk, or juice) are coded by two independent rater.	Food intake is measured during the lab meal
Secondary	Social interactions: positive and negative communication	The lab dinner is video taped. Social interactions are coded according to the ABC family mealtime coding system by Fiese, Winter & Botti, 2011.	Social interaction is measured during the lab meal
Secondary	Eating rate	Bites per minute coded from video tapes	From the start to the end of the meal (about 20-30 minutes)
Secondary	Hunger	Hunger rating scale (ranging from 1= I am really hungry to 5 = I am not hungry at all)	Participants filled out a questionnaire 5 minutes after the lab dinner
Secondary	Atmosphere	Atmosphere rating scale (ranging from 1= very negative to 5 = very positive)	Participants filled out a questionnaire 5 minutes after the lab dinner