Development of Personalized Balanced Nutrition Concept Through an IT Platform

Children's Hospital Srebrnjak

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Child Allergy; Allergic Reaction

Treatments: Other: Skin prick test

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05462444

KK.01.1.1.07.0074

Details and patient eligibility

About

By achieving effective cooperation between the Children's Hospital Srebrnjak (CHS), the Reference center for clinical allergology in children of the ministry of health, and IN2 Ltd., part of Constellation Software Inc., it is planned to develop an IT platform for the introduction of personalized balanced nutrition in kindergartens. The collected data which include the screening of the population, anthropometrical measurements, physical activity status, and medical examination, will be used to create a Registry of Allergies. Through the implementation of research activities, it is expected to develop an IT platform for personalized balanced nutrition of preschool children, which consists of a developed information system for continuous monitoring using a website and/or a mobile application.

Full description

This study will involve kindergarten children (aged 1-6 years). The research takes place in six different phases: 1) development of the information system and data integration, 2) classification of target groups of kindergarten children according to nutritional status, 3) anthropometric monitoring of the development of kindergarten children, 4) establishment of an electronic register of allergies, 5) implementation of an information platform in kindergartens, and 6) assessment of the validity of platform. The research will include a minimum of 450 participants from Split, Osijek and Zagreb County. Based on the completed standardized questionnaires the target groups of kindergarten children will be classified according to their nutritional status:

1. children who have a developed food allergy
2. children at risk of developing mild, moderate or severe allergic reaction to food
3. children with an allergological indication

The children with allergological indication (c) will be sent for further specialist evaluation, diagonstics and nutritionist advice at CHS.

The investigators will monitor how many kindergarten children have developed food allergy, food intolerance and another allergy (eg. inhalation allergy). Children with another type of allergy will be the refference control.

Enrollment: 450 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 to 6 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Parental approval
• Children from 1 to 6 years old

Exclusion criteria

• Chromosomal abberations
• Neurological disorders that affect oral motorics
• Chronic gastrointestinal disorders
• Severe metabolic disorders

Trial design

450 participants in 3 patient groups

Children with food allergy

Treatment:

Other: Skin prick test

Children with food intolerance

Treatment:

Other: Skin prick test

Children with other allergies (reference group)

Treatment:

Other: Skin prick test