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

NCT01557218 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: ChildFood101R01DK082580
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 61
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Obesity; Feeding Behaviors

Keywords

Dietary variety; Vegetable intake; Fruit intake

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Intake of vegetables and fruit

  One month

Study Arms (8)

Cucumber

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: Cucumber snack

Pepper

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: Pepper snack

Tomato

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: Tomato snack

Vegetable variety

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: Vegetable variety snack

Apple

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: Apple snack

Peach

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: Peach snack

Pineapple

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: Pineapple snack

Fruit variety

EXPERIMENTAL

Other: Fruit variety snack

Interventions

Cucumber snack OTHER

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

Cucumber

Pepper snack OTHER

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

Pepper

Tomato snack OTHER

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

Tomato

Vegetable variety snack OTHER

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

Vegetable variety

Apple snack OTHER

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

Apple

Peach snack OTHER

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

Peach

Pineapple snack OTHER

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

Pineapple

Fruit variety snack OTHER

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

Fruit variety

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 3 Years - 6 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• attenders at the relevant child care center

You may not qualify if:

• allergy or sensitivity to any test food

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Penn State University: lead
• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Penn State University Laboratory for the Study of Human Ingestive Behavior

University Park, Pennsylvania, 16802, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• 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.

  PMID: 23902783 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Obesity; Feeding Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Overweight; Overnutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Body Weight; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Behavior, Animal; Behavior

Study Officials

• Barbara J. Rolls, PhD

  Penn State University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Professor of Nutrition and Director of the Laboratory for the Study of Human Ingestive Behavior

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 15, 2012
• First Posted: March 19, 2012
• Study Start: January 1, 2011
• Primary Completion: April 1, 2011
• Study Completion: May 1, 2011
• Last Updated: February 15, 2013

Record last verified: 2013-02

Locations

US (1)