Increasing the Variety of Vegetables and Fruits Served to Preschool Children at a Snack

NCT ID: NCT01557218

Last Updated: 2013-02-15

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

61 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2011-01-31

Study Completion Date

2011-05-31

Brief Summary

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Intake of vegetables and fruits in preschool children is less than recommended amounts. Although offering a variety of foods has been shown to increase intake, this effect has not been well studied for low-energy-dense foods. The purpose of this study was to test whether increasing the variety of vegetables and fruits served to preschool children affected the amount eaten. The hypotheses were that increasing the variety of vegetables and fruits would increase both the amount selected and the amount eaten.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Obesity Feeding Behaviors

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Cucumber

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Cucumber snack

Intervention Type OTHER

Three 300-g bowls of vegetables per table: three of cucumber slices

Pepper

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Pepper snack

Intervention Type OTHER

Three 300-g bowls of vegetables per table: three of yellow pepper strips

Tomato

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Tomato snack

Intervention Type OTHER

Three 300-g bowls of vegetables per table: three of grape tomatoes

Vegetable variety

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Vegetable variety snack

Intervention Type OTHER

Three 300-g bowls of vegetables per table: one each of cucumber slices, pepper strips, and grape tomatoes

Apple

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Apple snack

Intervention Type OTHER

Three 300-g bowls of fruits per table: three of apple wedges

Peach

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Peach snack

Intervention Type OTHER

Three 300-g bowls of fruits per table: three of peach slices

Pineapple

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Pineapple snack

Intervention Type OTHER

Three 300-g bowls of fruits per table: three of pineapple half-rings

Fruit variety

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Fruit variety snack

Intervention Type OTHER

Three 300-g bowls of fruits per table: of each of apple wedges, peach slices, and pineapple half-rings

Interventions

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Cucumber snack

Three 300-g bowls of vegetables per table: three of cucumber slices

Intervention Type OTHER

Pepper snack

Three 300-g bowls of vegetables per table: three of yellow pepper strips

Intervention Type OTHER

Tomato snack

Three 300-g bowls of vegetables per table: three of grape tomatoes

Intervention Type OTHER

Vegetable variety snack

Three 300-g bowls of vegetables per table: one each of cucumber slices, pepper strips, and grape tomatoes

Intervention Type OTHER

Apple snack

Three 300-g bowls of fruits per table: three of apple wedges

Intervention Type OTHER

Peach snack

Three 300-g bowls of fruits per table: three of peach slices

Intervention Type OTHER

Pineapple snack

Three 300-g bowls of fruits per table: three of pineapple half-rings

Intervention Type OTHER

Fruit variety snack

Three 300-g bowls of fruits per table: of each of apple wedges, peach slices, and pineapple half-rings

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* attenders at the relevant child care center

Exclusion Criteria

* allergy or sensitivity to any test food
Minimum Eligible Age

3 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

6 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

NIH

Sponsor Role collaborator

Penn State University

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Barbara J. Rolls

Professor of Nutrition and Director of the Laboratory for the Study of Human Ingestive Behavior

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Barbara J. Rolls, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Penn State University

Locations

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Penn State University Laboratory for the Study of Human Ingestive Behavior

University Park, Pennsylvania, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Roe LS, Meengs JS, Birch LL, Rolls BJ. Serving a variety of vegetables and fruit as a snack increased intake in preschool children. Am J Clin Nutr. 2013 Sep;98(3):693-9. doi: 10.3945/ajcn.113.062901. Epub 2013 Jul 31.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 23902783 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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R01DK082580

Identifier Type: NIH

Identifier Source: secondary_id

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ChildFood101

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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