New Foods Take Time, a Curriculum Designed to Promote Tasting and Liking of Fruits and Vegetables

Eating Behavior Clinical Trial

Official title:

Evaluating "New Foods Take Time", a Classroom-based Curriculum Designed to Promote Tasting and Liking of Fruits and Vegetables Among Head Start Preschool Children

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04129372
• Other study ID #: STUDY00013066
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: October 1, 2019
• Est. completion date: November 25, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: September 2021
• Source: Penn State University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The overall objective of this project is to conduct a preliminary evaluation of the "New Foods Take Time" Intervention in Head Start preschool classrooms.

Description:

The overall objective of this project is to conduct a preliminary evaluation of the "New Foods Take Time" Intervention. This curriculum is designed to increase children's preference for and consumption of fruits and vegetables (FV) by encouraging children to try new FV and repeatedly taste these foods.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 30
• Est. completion date: November 25, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: November 25, 2019
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 2 Years and older

Eligibility

Child Inclusion Criteria:

• Enrolled in a Head Start preschool center

• Between the ages of 2 and 5 years old

Child Exclusion Criteria:

• Food allergy or restriction to foods in the tastings

Parent Inclusion Criteria:

• Parent or primary caregiver of a child enrolled in the study

• Age 18 years or older

• English speaking

Parent Exclusion Criteria:

• None

Teacher Inclusion Criteria:

• Actively employed as an early childhood education provider in the Head Start classroom where the intervention is delivered

• Age 18 years or older

Teacher Exclusion Criteria:

• None

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Eating Behavior

Intervention

Behavioral:
• New Foods Take Time
New Foods Take Time is a series of 5 classroom lessons focused on increasing children's willingness to try fruits and vegetables.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Pennsylvania State University	University Park	Pennsylvania

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Penn State University

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Other	Child body mass index	Height and weight will be measured and used to calculate body mass index (BMI). Age and sex specific percentiles/z-scores will be calculated using CDC growth standards.	Measured once at any time between enrollment and conclusion of 5 week intervention
Other	Parent report of child neophobia	Parents will complete a survey about their child's eating behavior	Measured once at any time between enrollment and conclusion of 5 week intervention
Other	Parent report of food insecurity	Parents will complete the USDA food security questionnaire	Measured once at any time between enrollment and conclusion of 5 week intervention
Other	Change in intake of study foods	The number of pieces of each food eaten during the tasting procedure	Pre intervention and at conclusion of 5 week intervention
Primary	Change in number of foods tasted	Children will be presented with small portions of familiar and novel fruits and vegetables and be asked if they would like to taste them	Pre intervention and at conclusion of 5 week intervention
Primary	Change in liking of study foods	For foods that children agree to taste, they will be asked to rate their liking of them on a three point likert-type scale ("Yummy", "Just ok", or "Yucky")	Pre intervention and at conclusion of 5 week intervention
Primary	Change in self-competence to try new foods	Children will be presented with a series pairs of drawings with descriptions (e.g., "This boy likes to try new foods" and "This boy does not like to try new foods") and asked to select which is most like them.	Pre intervention and at conclusion of 5 week intervention
Primary	Teacher acceptability of intervention	Teachers will complete a questionnaire with scaled and open-ended questions about the feasibility and acceptability of the intervention	At conclusion of 5 week intervention