Evaluating a Mindful Eating Curriculum, "Savor the Flavor"

The Pennsylvania State University (PENNSTATE)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Eating Behavior

Treatments: Behavioral: Savor the Flavor

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04127812

STUDY00013064

Details and patient eligibility

About

The overall goal of this study is to conduct a preliminary evaluation of the feasibility and efficacy of the "Savor the Flavor" intervention.

Full description

The overall goal of this study is to conduct a preliminary evaluation of the feasibility and efficacy of the "Savor the Flavor" intervention. The goal of this curriculum is to teach children how to savor foods and slow down while eating by focusing on the sensory experience of eating. The intervention will also teach children attention control techniques so that they are better able to delay consumption of high energy, low nutrition foods, when appropriate.The study will also evaluate a modified version of the Eating in the Absence of Hunger task for use in a preschool classroom setting.

Enrollment: 49 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 2+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Child Inclusion Criteria:

• Child must be enrolled in a Head Start preschool center
• Child must be between the ages of 2 and 6 years old

Child Exclusion Criteria:

• Food allergy or restriction to foods included in protocol

Parent Inclusion Criteria:

• Parent or other primary caregiver of a child enrolled in the study
• 18 years of age or older
• English speaking

Parent Exclusion Criteria:

• None

Teacher Inclusion Criteria:

• Actively employed as an early childhood education provider in the Head Start classroom where intervention is delivered
• 18 years of age or older

Teacher Exclusion Criteria:

• None

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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49 participants in 1 patient group

Savor the Flavor

Experimental group

Description:

The "Savor the Flavor" curriculum is a series of five interactive lessons designed to teach children how to savor foods and slow down while eating by focusing on the sensory experience of eating. The intervention also teaches attention control techniques so that children are better able to delay consumption of high energy, low nutrition foods, when appropriate, as well as general mindfulness practices (e.g. breathing exercises). Lessons are delivered in the Head Start classroom by a nutrition educator.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Savor the Flavor