Antioxidant-rich Diet and Oxidative Stress in Healthy Preschoolers

University of Ljubljana, Faculty of Medicine

Status: Completed

Conditions: Oxidative Stress

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: Antioxidant

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04252105

Ox-Stress-Preschool

Details and patient eligibility

About

Uncontrolled and prolonged oxidative stress plays an important role in the onset and progression of cardiovascular disease, hyperlipidemia, diabetes, and various cancers. Given that many diseases can start as early as childhood, eating patterns in childhood and preventing oxidative damage can have beneficial long-term health effects. Antioxidant-rich foods can slow down the progression of chronic diseases.

In Slovenian kindergartens (and schools) children consume up to 70% of their daily energy and nutritional needs, so what is offered to them is very important. This study will evaluate the hypothesis that providing an antioxidant-rich diet in kindergartens can result in the reduction of biomarkers of oxidative stress.

Enrollment: 57 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 5 to 7 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• • Healthy children aged 5-6 who will attend the compulsory medical examination before entering primary school

Exclusion criteria

• • Children with chronic conditions (e.g. diabetes, asthma)

  • Children with allergies to food (e.g. gluten, egg, milk, lactose intolerance)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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57 participants in 2 patient groups

Antioxidant rich diet

Experimental group

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: Antioxidant

Regular diet

No Intervention group