Effects of Energy Density on Self-served Snacks in Preschool Children

The Pennsylvania State University (PENNSTATE)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Eating Behavior

Treatments

Other: Snack with energy density less than 1.5 kcal/g

Other: Snack with energy density greater than 1.5 kcal/g

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT04971811

ChildFood601

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study is to determine whether the energy density of snack foods affects the amounts that preschool children serve themselves and then consume. We will serve snacks that vary in energy density to preschool children in their childcare centers and measure the amount they serve themselves and consume. 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

55 patients

Sex

All

Ages

4 to 6 years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Children who are enrolled in a scheduled classroom of the participating childcare centers
Children who are between the ages of 4 and 6 years old at the time of enrollment

Exclusion criteria

Children who have tested positive or are showing symptoms of COVID-19, or have recently had potential exposure with a person with COVID-19
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 the acclimation day or both study days
Children who are not able to serve themselves the two foods that are provided during the acclimation day