Observatory of Food Preferences in Infants and Children

NCT ID: NCT02383459

Last Updated: 2015-03-09

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 319 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2005-01-31
• Study Completion Date: 2011-07-31

Brief Summary

Food habits form early in infancy and are likely to track into childhood until the beginning of adulthood. Understanding the factors driving the acceptance of foods in the early years is therefore of particular importance, since these foods will form the basis of a child's future food repertoire. This is especially important for vegetables, which consumption is recommended at all stages of life but is below the recommended levels and which acceptance is difficult to promote during late childhood.

The objective of the present study was to unravel the respective contribution of maternal feeding practices, of children's rate of exposure to vegetables and of children's sensory reactivity factors over the course of the first two years, to explain the development of liking for vegetables at the age of 2 years. This analysis took advantage of data recorded in a prospective cohort of children recruited before birth and followed up longitudinally until the age of 2 years.

Detailed Description

This study is a cohort study with the aim to evaluate prospectively food liking in children, at to relate this outcome to children's food experience, acceptance of taste and olfactory stimulation, and to parental feeding style.

Conditions

Eating Behavior

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: COHORT
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Pregnant mothers older than 18 years

Exclusion Criteria

• Food allergies in the infant, as observed after the infant's birth

• Minimum Eligible Age: 18 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

National Research Agency, France

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France

OTHER_GOV

Sponsor Role: collaborator

University of Burgundy

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Other Identifiers

OPALINE

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id