Comparison of Effect of Repeated Exposure, Flavor-Flavor and Flavor-Nutrient Learning on Vegetable Acceptance in Infants (T221_HabEat)

Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation

Status: Completed

Conditions: Development of Eating Behavior

Treatments: Behavioral: Repeated exposure to fat artichoke purée.; Behavioral: Repeated consumption of basic artichoke purée.; Behavioral: Repeated consumption of sweet artichoke purée.

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01790191

T221_HabEat

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims at comparing learning mechanisms to increase vegetable acceptance in infants at complementary feeding, namely repeated exposure (RE), flavor-flavor learning (FFL) and flavor-nutrient learning (FNL); measuring the stability of the learning effect; and examining the impact of infants' feeding history on vegetable acceptance.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 4 to 8 months old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy infants, aged between 4 and 8 months old, not yet introduced to complementary foods

Exclusion criteria

• Infants with food allergies, with chronic health problem, or born before 36 weeks of gestational age

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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100 participants in 3 patient groups

RE group

Experimental group

Description:

Repeated consumption of artichoke purée. This group was exposed to basic artichoke puree from Exposure 1 to 10 (E1 to E10)

Treatment:

Behavioral: Repeated consumption of basic artichoke purée.

FFL group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Repeated consumption of artichoke purée. This group (Flavor-flavor learning group) was exposed to sweet artichoke puree from Exposure 1 to 10 (E1 to E10).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Repeated consumption of sweet artichoke purée.

FNL group

Active Comparator group

Description:

Repeated consumption of artichoke purée. This group (Flavor-nutrient learning group) was exposed to fat, energy-dense artichoke puree from Exposure 1 to 10 (E1 to E10).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Repeated exposure to fat artichoke purée.