Shifting Salty Taste Preferences in Children

Monell Chemical Senses Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Development

Treatments: Other: Low Sodium Group

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02909764

823281

Details and patient eligibility

About

The goals of the proposed research are to determine whether repeated exposure to a low sodium food will result in reduced preference for salt in that food among children; and to determine whether such reductions in preference are related to dietary intake of salt, taste receptor genotype, and anthropometric and physiological measures.

Full description

This is a within- and between-subjects randomized controlled trial on children consuming either a low sodium or a higher sodium cereal over a 2-month period to determine if repeated exposure to the low sodium cereal is effective for reducing preference for salt in that food. Children will be genotyped for markers related to taste, dietary intake will be recorded, and anthropometric and physiological measures will be collected at baseline.

Enrollment: 39 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 7 to 65 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Healthy
• Willingness to consume no other cereals during intervention

Exclusion criteria

• Allergies and/or taking medication that affects taste

Trial design

Primary purpose: Basic Science

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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39 participants in 2 patient groups

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

Children will receive regularly salted cereal to consume 4 times per week over a 2-month period.

Low Sodium Group

Experimental group

Description:

Intervention: Children will receive low sodium cereal to consume 4 times per week over a 2-month period.

Treatment:

Other: Low Sodium Group