Child Snack Variety Study

The Pennsylvania State University (PENNSTATE)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Eating Behavior

Treatments: Other: Same 2nd course; Other: Different 2nd course

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06427837

ChildFood802

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine how consumption of a snack food at a first course affects the hedonic ratings of that snack food compared to other foods, and how it affects intake of a second course. The results will have implications for guidance about the provision of snacks for preschool children and may help in identifying strategies for the prevention of obesity in children.

Enrollment: 34 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 14 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children who are enrolled in a participating childcare center
• Children who are between the ages of 6 and 14 years old at the time of enrollment

Exclusion criteria

• Children who are allergic to any of the foods served
• Children whose diets exclude any of the foods served
• Children who are absent from the childcare center on study days
• Children who are not able to complete study measures (e.g. refuse to eat study foods, only use the anchors or have low variability for their liking ratings, etc.)

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Crossover Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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34 participants in 2 patient groups

Same 2nd course

Experimental group

Description:

The same snack food will be served in the second course

Treatment:

Other: Same 2nd course

Different 2nd course

Experimental group

Description:

A different snack food will be served in the second course

Treatment:

Other: Different 2nd course