Family Meal Duration and Children's Eating Behavior

NCT ID: NCT03127579

Last Updated: 2022-06-30

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 50 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2016-11-30
• Study Completion Date: 2017-12-31

Brief Summary

The goal of this study is to test whether a longer meal duration could improve the diet quality of children. To answer this question we want to take an experimental approach by implementing a longer family meal duration to examine differences in children's eating behavior. The family dinner within a laboratory setting will be video taped and the main outcome is children's fruit and vegetables consumption.

Detailed Description

Parent-child pairs have two dinner in a laboratory setting. The study design is a within-subject design: In the control condition they have as much time as they usual. In the intervention condition they have 50% more time than usual. Order of the two condition is counter balanced. The lab dinner reflects a typical German dinner which consists of bread, cheese, cold meat and fruits and vegetables. Additionally a dessert is served after the main meal. The foods served reflect food preferences of the child. All dinners are video taped. Key outcome variables are consumption of fruits and vegetables, dessert, eating rate and amount time engaged in positive and negative social interaction

Conditions

Feeding Behavior; Eating; Child Behavior; Family Relations

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Primary Study Purpose: BASIC_SCIENCE
• Blinding Strategy: TRIPLE

Study Groups

Longer meal duration

Families eat longer as they usually do

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Longer meal duration

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Participants have 50% more time to eat than usual

Usual meal duration

Families eat as long as they usually do

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Longer meal duration

Participants have 50% more time to eat than usual

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• children and their nutritional gatekeeper

Exclusion Criteria

• food allergies
• participants follow special diet

• Minimum Eligible Age: 6 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 10 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

University of Mannheim

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Max Planck Institute for Human Development

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Mattea Dallacker

Principle Investigator

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

Max Planck Institute for Human Development

Berlin, , Germany

Countries

Germany

References

Dallacker M, Knobl V, Hertwig R, Mata J. Effect of Longer Family Meals on Children's Fruit and Vegetable Intake: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2023 Apr 3;6(4):e236331. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2023.6331.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 37010871 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

ARC1

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id