Feeding for Accesible, Affordable and Healthy Childhood (ALINFA)

University of Navarra

Status: Completed

Conditions: Healthy Children

Treatments: Other: ALINFA; Other: Control

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05249166

ALINFA

Details and patient eligibility

About

The main objective of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of implementing a healthy eating vs traditional recommendations on the Medkid index of children in primary school. To do so, different companies involved in ALINFA project developed with the assessment of UNAV, CNTA and UPNA, a healthy bi-weekly menu.

Enrollment: 70 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adequate cultural level and comprehension of the clinical study from the legal tutors.
• To agree in taking part of the study.

Exclusion criteria

• Children presenting clinically relevant gastrointestinal malfunctions or structural anomalies, such as ulcers, chronic inflammatory diseases, etc. Even if they do not follow any pharmacological treatment at the moment of inclusion.
• Children with uncontrolled endocrine disorders.
• Children with any type of tumor/cancer within the last 5 years, or in current treatment.
• Children with any alimentary allergy.
• Children presenting any type of cognitive or psychic disorder
• Parents or legal tutors in which their future collaboration may not be the required, seen from the researchers' point of view.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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70 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Control group

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

Subjects assigned to this arm will follow the habitual recommendations to develop skills for a healthy diet. No specific foods or cooking methods will be applied

Treatment:

Other: Control

ALINFA group

Experimental group

Description:

This group will receive, in addition to the usual recommendations, meals, and foods designed to increase the healthiness of the diet. Foods and meals have been designed to increase the fiber content, decrease sugars and saturated fats, and limit salt intake.

Treatment:

Other: ALINFA