Effects of Energy Density on Self-served Snacks in Preschool Children

NCT04971811 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: ChildFood601
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 55
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to determine whether the energy density of snack foods affects the amounts that preschool children serve themselves and then consume. We will serve snacks that vary in energy density to preschool children in their childcare centers and measure the amount they serve themselves and consume. The results will have implications for guidance about the provision of snacks for preschool children and may help in identifying strategies for the prevention of obesity in children.

Conditions

Eating Behavior

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (2)

• Difference between interventions in the weight of self-served snack food

  Weight served of snack food in grams

  Study weeks 1 and 2

• Difference between interventions in the weight of snack food consumed

  Weight consumed of snack food in grams

  Study weeks 1 and 2

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Difference between interventions in the volume of self-served snack food

  Study weeks 1 and 2

• Difference between interventions in the volume of snack food consumed

  Study weeks 1 and 2

• Difference between interventions in the energy of self-served snack food

  Study weeks 1 and 2

• Difference between interventions in the energy of snack food consumed

  Study weeks 1 and 2

Study Arms (2)

Lower-energy-dense Snack

EXPERIMENTAL

Test snack with lower-energy-dense snack food

Other: Snack with energy density less than 1.5 kcal/g

Higher-energy-dense Snack

EXPERIMENTAL

Test snack with higher-energy-dense snack food

Other: Snack with energy density greater than 1.5 kcal/g

Interventions

Snack with energy density less than 1.5 kcal/g OTHER

Snack meal with snack food having energy density less than 1.5 kcal/g

Lower-energy-dense Snack

Snack with energy density greater than 1.5 kcal/g OTHER

Snack meal with snack food having energy density greater than 1.5 kcal/g

Higher-energy-dense Snack

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 4 Years - 6 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Children who are enrolled in a scheduled classroom of the participating childcare centers
• Children who are between the ages of 4 and 6 years old at the time of enrollment

You may not qualify if:

• Children who have tested positive or are showing symptoms of COVID-19, or have recently had potential exposure with a person with COVID-19
• Children who are allergic to any of the foods served
• Children whose diets exclude any of the foods served
• Children who are absent from the childcare center on the acclimation day or both study days
• Children who are not able to serve themselves the two foods that are provided during the acclimation day

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Penn State University: lead

Study Sites (1)

The Pennsylvania State University

University Park, Pennsylvania, 16802, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Feeding Behavior

Interventions

Snacks

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior, Animal; Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Meals; Food; Diet, Food, and Nutrition; Physiological Phenomena; Food and Beverages

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• 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: July 20, 2021
• First Posted: July 22, 2021
• Study Start: September 15, 2021
• Primary Completion: February 24, 2022
• Study Completion: March 3, 2022
• Last Updated: March 21, 2022

Record last verified: 2022-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)