Time for Lunch: The Impact of Lunch Time Constraints on Child Eating Behaviors

NCT ID: NCT04191291

Last Updated: 2022-07-21

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

39 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-06-03

Study Completion Date

2019-06-28

Brief Summary

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Recent peer-reviewed observational evidence suggests that school children receive anywhere from 10-33 minutes of seated lunch time and that students with less time to eat discard higher amounts of milk, entrée (i.e. protein items), grains, and vegetables. This waste is a missed nutritional and food security opportunity and also negatively impacts the environment. The purpose of this study is to estimate the impact that lunch time constraints have on child food selection, consumption and waste behaviors using a crossover trial design, where the duration of seated lunch times are randomly allocated to be either 10 minutes or 20 minutes each day.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Time Constraints During School Meals

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

CROSSOVER

Primary Study Purpose

OTHER

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Shortened lunch period

The amount of seated lunch time will be 10 minutes.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Lunch period length

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

We are randomly allocating a 10 minute or 20 period of seated lunch time.

Longer lunch period

The amount of seated lunch time will be 20 minutes.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Lunch period length

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

We are randomly allocating a 10 minute or 20 period of seated lunch time.

Interventions

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Lunch period length

We are randomly allocating a 10 minute or 20 period of seated lunch time.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Must be enrolled in local summer camp

Exclusion Criteria

* None
Minimum Eligible Age

7 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

14 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Locations

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University of Illinois

Urbana, Illinois, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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Burg X, Metcalfe JJ, Ellison B, Prescott MP. Effects of Longer Seated Lunch Time on Food Consumption and Waste in Elementary and Middle School-age Children: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Netw Open. 2021 Jun 1;4(6):e2114148. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2021.14148.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 34156451 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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19412

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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