Effectiveness of the Just Right Challenge Food Club for Decreasing Food Selectivity and Increasing Mealtime Quality

Western Michigan University (WMU)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Food Selectivity

Treatments: Behavioral: Just Right Challenge Food Club

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03756844

JRCFC Single-Subject

Details and patient eligibility

About

This single subject study tested the effectiveness of the Just Right Challenge Food Club for decreasing food selectivity and increasing mealtime qualify for children with developmental disabilities.

Full description

This study used a single subject design to test the effectiveness of the Just Right Challenge Food Club for decreasing food selectivity and increasing mealtime quality for children with developmental disabilities. Baseline data was collected during the time that participants spent on the wait list for treatment. Treatment data was collected each week during treatment session. This protocol produced a significant change in both the number of foods the children in the study ate as well as the parents perception of mealtime quality.

Enrollment: 7 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 2 to 15 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children who accepted less than 15 foods as part of their regular diet
• Children who refused whole food groups

Exclusion criteria

• Children with life threatening food selectivity per parent report and physician referral information

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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7 participants in 1 patient group

Just Right Challenge Food Club Protocol

Experimental group

Description:

There was only one arm in this study. All participants received the Just Right Challenge Food Club Protocol and single subject (time series) data was collected.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Just Right Challenge Food Club