The Good Tastes Study: Young Children's Food Acceptance Patterns

NCT04549233 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 15-2437
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 110
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Children begin developing food acceptance and preferences during the first years of life, especially through repeated exposure and increased familiarity. Caregivers pay attention to the amounts of food that their children consume, and they also are sensitive to when their refuses to eat what is offered. This study will examine the interactions between caregivers and their infants when bitter vegetables are introduced to infants and toddlers. The goals for this study are to:

1. 1.understand if masking bitterness with very low levels of sugar or salt may facilitate whether infants accept new vegetables;
2. 2.understand if masking bitterness impacts caregivers' perceptions of infants' acceptance of new vegetables; and
3. 3.understand the stress levels experienced by infants and caregivers throughout this process.

Conditions

Food Neophobia; Parenting

Keywords

Infant Feeding; Toddler Feeding; Complementary Feeding; Food Acceptance; Parenting

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Infant rate of acceptance of kale puree

  Acceptance is measured using an adaptation of the Feeding Infants: Behavior and Facial Expression Coding System (FIBFECS) on a 4-point scale from 0-3 where 0 = refusal and 3 = early acceptance of food. (Hetherington et al. 2016 Food Qual Prefer)

  Baseline

• Infant responses to kale puree

  Responses are measured using an adaptation of the Feeding Infants: Behavior and Facial Expression Coding System (FIBFECS). Positive behaviors include leaning forward, and negative behaviors include turning head away, getting fussy, and pushing the spoon away. (Hetherington et al. 2016 Food Qual Prefer)

  Baseline

Secondary Outcomes (8)

• Caregivers' perceived ratings of infant liking of kale

  Baseline

• Caregivers' intentions to offer kale again

  Baseline

• Infant mean heart rate reactivity to kale exposure

  Baseline

• Infant amplitude of skin conductance in response to kale exposure

  Baseline

• Caregiver mean heart rate reactivity to infant exposure to kale

  Baseline

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 6 Months - 24 Months
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Infants and caregivers who live in the Denver area will be recruited using advertising flyers, emails sent through a university listserv and parent email distribution, and word of mouth.

You may qualify if:

• Term birth (gestational age \> 37 weeks);
• Experience with at least 1 complementary food (e.g., infant cereal);
• Caregivers who are \> 18 y and \< 51 y of age;
• Caregivers who live within 75 miles of the University of Colorado-Denver campus.

You may not qualify if:

• Has genetic disorders or developmental disabilities as these conditions often result in feeding difficulties;
• Has a reported illness or metabolic disorder that would affect food intake (e.g., significant history of allergies);
• Born prematurely (\< 37 weeks gestation);
• Caregivers who are younger than 18 y of age or \> 51 y;
• Caregivers who live more than 75 miles from the University of Colorado-Denver campus;
• Caregivers who do not read and speak English.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Colorado, Denver: lead
• The Sugar Association: collaborator
• Purdue University: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of Colorado Denver

Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States

Location

Related Publications (4)

• Wardle J, Guthrie CA, Sanderson S, Rapoport L. Development of the Children's Eating Behaviour Questionnaire. J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 2001 Oct;42(7):963-70. doi: 10.1111/1469-7610.00792.

  PMID: 11693591 BACKGROUND

• Squires J, Bricker D, Potter L. Revision of a parent-completed development screening tool: Ages and Stages Questionnaires. J Pediatr Psychol. 1997 Jun;22(3):313-28. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/22.3.313.

  PMID: 9212550 BACKGROUND

• Ham J, Tronick E. Infant resilience to the stress of the still-face: infant and maternal psychophysiology are related. Ann N Y Acad Sci. 2006 Dec;1094:297-302. doi: 10.1196/annals.1376.038.

  PMID: 17347365 BACKGROUND

• Johnson SL, Moding KJ, Grimm KJ, Flesher AE, Bakke AJ, Hayes JE. Infant and Toddler Responses to Bitter-Tasting Novel Vegetables: Findings from the Good Tastes Study. J Nutr. 2021 Oct 1;151(10):3240-3252. doi: 10.1093/jn/nxab198.

  PMID: 34191021 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Feeding and Eating Disorders; Mental Disorders

Study Officials

• Susan L Johnson, PhD

  UC Denver

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

• Kameron J Moding, PhD

  Purdue University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: CASE ONLY
• Time Perspective: CROSS SECTIONAL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: August 18, 2020
• First Posted: September 16, 2020
• Study Start: July 6, 2017
• Primary Completion: January 7, 2018
• Study Completion: January 7, 2018
• Last Updated: September 16, 2020

Record last verified: 2020-09

Locations

US (1)