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Children Food Neophobia - a Playful Intervention at a Kindergarten

Primary Purpose

Preschool Children

Status
Completed
Phase
Not Applicable
Locations
Study Type
Interventional
Intervention
Educative session
Sponsored by
Instituto Politécnico de Leiria
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Eligibility
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Arms
Outcomes
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About this trial

This is an interventional other trial for Preschool Children focused on measuring food neophobia, preschool, children

Eligibility Criteria

3 Years - 6 Years (Child)All SexesAccepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion Criteria:

  • children attending an educational institution

Exclusion Criteria:

  • children with cognitive impairment

Sites / Locations

    Arms of the Study

    Arm 1

    Arm 2

    Arm Type

    Experimental

    No Intervention

    Arm Label

    Educative Session

    Control

    Arm Description

    The experimental group receive nine educational sessions (one per week) about different vegetables and, at lunch time, they are exposed to a different vegetable. If they try it, they will receive a sticker. In each session, researcher will record their preference for the vegetable and the quantity that they consumed in a scale from one to three (1- the child tasted it; 2 - the child repeated it; 3 - the child ate all the quantity). In the end of 9 sessions, all children (experimental and control group) will receive the same salad that they had eaten at baseline and the procedure will be the same: the salad is weighted before and after the consumption of each child to verify the quantity of each one ate.

    Children in the control group don´t receive an educative session. Before the study starts children are asked to eat a salad. After 9 weeks, all children in the control group will receive the same salad that they had eaten at baseline and the procedure will be the same: the salad is weighted before and after the consumption of each child to verify the quantity of each one ate.

    Outcomes

    Primary Outcome Measures

    Child Food Neophobia
    Child Food Neophobia Scale (Pliner 1994) - this scale is composed of ten questions, being answered by parents in a scale from one to seven, in which number one means "very similar to the reality of my child" and seven means "extremely distant to the reality of my child". This scale is able to evaluate child's food neophobia and child's food neophilia
    Child Eating Behaviour
    Child Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (Wardle, Guthrie et al. 2001) translated and adapted for portuguese reality by Viana et al (Viana and Sinde 2008). This questionnaire is answered by parents to evaluate child's eating behaviour and is composed of 35 questions. In each question the answer is in a scale from one to five, in which one means "never" and five means "always".

    Secondary Outcome Measures

    Intake of an unfamiliar salad
    Assessing intake of an unfamiliar salad served at lunch at three distinct moments: baseline (T0), immediately following intervention with the experimental group (T1) and ten weeks after (T2) (immediately following the intervention with the control group). This third evaluation will allow measuring the impact of the intervention at a longer period of time (Laureati, Bergamaschi et al. 2014)

    Full Information

    First Posted
    April 16, 2018
    Last Updated
    March 9, 2023
    Sponsor
    Instituto Politécnico de Leiria
    Collaborators
    Universidade do Porto
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    1. Study Identification

    Unique Protocol Identification Number
    NCT03513081
    Brief Title
    Children Food Neophobia - a Playful Intervention at a Kindergarten
    Official Title
    Children Food Neophobia - a Playful Intervention at a Kindergarten
    Study Type
    Interventional

    2. Study Status

    Record Verification Date
    March 2023
    Overall Recruitment Status
    Completed
    Study Start Date
    October 1, 2015 (Actual)
    Primary Completion Date
    February 1, 2016 (Actual)
    Study Completion Date
    September 1, 2018 (Actual)

    3. Sponsor/Collaborators

    Responsible Party, by Official Title
    Principal Investigator
    Name of the Sponsor
    Instituto Politécnico de Leiria
    Collaborators
    Universidade do Porto

    4. Oversight

    Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product
    No
    Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product
    No
    Data Monitoring Committee
    No

    5. Study Description

    Brief Summary
    The aim of this project is to investigate the efficacy of taste exposure-plus small reward in acceptance and consumption of vegetables among preschool children at school. In this context, interventions were attended at school in order to capture the influence of this environments towards consumption of vegetables among preschool children. For this, the methodology applied will be a repeated exposure protocol by introducing small rewards to encourage children to taste an unfamiliar or dislike food. Child intake (weight or number of pieces) and liking (hedonic scale) will be assessed at baseline sessions and exposure sessions. Moreover, child's neophobia will be evaluated and additional determinants of child neophobia, such as child's eating behaviour
    Detailed Description
    Food neophobia, understood as the rejection of novel foods, is considered one of the biggest barriers to the consumption of fruits and vegetables in preschool children. Some factors like food preferences, gender, genetic characteristics, psychological factors and family factors are also crucial for the acceptance of vegetable in childhood. Some strategies used to modify food preferences of children are repeated exposure and the use of rewards. The aim of this project is to investigate the efficacy of taste exposure-plus small reward in acceptance and consumption of vegetables among preschool children at school. In this context, interventions were attended at school to capture the influence of this environment towards consumption of vegetables among preschool children. For this, the methodology applied will be a repeated exposure protocol by introducing small rewards to encourage children to taste an unfamiliar or dislike food. Child intake (weight or number of pieces) and liking (hedonic scale) will be assessed at baseline sessions and exposure sessions. Moreover, child's neophobia will be evaluated and additional determinants of child neophobia, such as child's eating behaviour. Quantitative data analysis will be performed by software IBM-SPSS Statistics®. In conducting this research is expected to achieve techniques to overcome neophobia in preschool children and promote vegetable consumption in school and at home. The results may contribute to improve food quality in childhood and consequently in adulthood.

    6. Conditions and Keywords

    Primary Disease or Condition Being Studied in the Trial, or the Focus of the Study
    Preschool Children
    Keywords
    food neophobia, preschool, children

    7. Study Design

    Primary Purpose
    Other
    Study Phase
    Not Applicable
    Interventional Study Model
    Parallel Assignment
    Masking
    None (Open Label)
    Allocation
    Non-Randomized
    Enrollment
    82 (Actual)

    8. Arms, Groups, and Interventions

    Arm Title
    Educative Session
    Arm Type
    Experimental
    Arm Description
    The experimental group receive nine educational sessions (one per week) about different vegetables and, at lunch time, they are exposed to a different vegetable. If they try it, they will receive a sticker. In each session, researcher will record their preference for the vegetable and the quantity that they consumed in a scale from one to three (1- the child tasted it; 2 - the child repeated it; 3 - the child ate all the quantity). In the end of 9 sessions, all children (experimental and control group) will receive the same salad that they had eaten at baseline and the procedure will be the same: the salad is weighted before and after the consumption of each child to verify the quantity of each one ate.
    Arm Title
    Control
    Arm Type
    No Intervention
    Arm Description
    Children in the control group don´t receive an educative session. Before the study starts children are asked to eat a salad. After 9 weeks, all children in the control group will receive the same salad that they had eaten at baseline and the procedure will be the same: the salad is weighted before and after the consumption of each child to verify the quantity of each one ate.
    Intervention Type
    Behavioral
    Intervention Name(s)
    Educative session
    Intervention Description
    The experimental group receive nine educational sessions (one per week) about different vegetables and, at lunch time, they are exposed to a different vegetable. If they try it, they will receive a sticker. In each session, researcher will record their preference for the vegetable and the quantity that they consumed in a scale from one to three (1- the child prooved it; 2 - the child repeated it; 3 - the child ate all the quantity). In the end of 9 sessions, all children (experimental and control group) will receive the same salad that they had eaten at baseline and the procedure will be the same: the salad is weighted before and after the consumption of each child to verify the quantity of each one ate.
    Primary Outcome Measure Information:
    Title
    Child Food Neophobia
    Description
    Child Food Neophobia Scale (Pliner 1994) - this scale is composed of ten questions, being answered by parents in a scale from one to seven, in which number one means "very similar to the reality of my child" and seven means "extremely distant to the reality of my child". This scale is able to evaluate child's food neophobia and child's food neophilia
    Time Frame
    4 months
    Title
    Child Eating Behaviour
    Description
    Child Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (Wardle, Guthrie et al. 2001) translated and adapted for portuguese reality by Viana et al (Viana and Sinde 2008). This questionnaire is answered by parents to evaluate child's eating behaviour and is composed of 35 questions. In each question the answer is in a scale from one to five, in which one means "never" and five means "always".
    Time Frame
    4 months
    Secondary Outcome Measure Information:
    Title
    Intake of an unfamiliar salad
    Description
    Assessing intake of an unfamiliar salad served at lunch at three distinct moments: baseline (T0), immediately following intervention with the experimental group (T1) and ten weeks after (T2) (immediately following the intervention with the control group). This third evaluation will allow measuring the impact of the intervention at a longer period of time (Laureati, Bergamaschi et al. 2014)
    Time Frame
    4 months

    10. Eligibility

    Sex
    All
    Minimum Age & Unit of Time
    3 Years
    Maximum Age & Unit of Time
    6 Years
    Accepts Healthy Volunteers
    Accepts Healthy Volunteers
    Eligibility Criteria
    Inclusion Criteria: children attending an educational institution Exclusion Criteria: children with cognitive impairment
    Overall Study Officials:
    First Name & Middle Initial & Last Name & Degree
    Luis Cunha, PhD
    Organizational Affiliation
    Universidade do Porto
    Official's Role
    Principal Investigator

    12. IPD Sharing Statement

    Plan to Share IPD
    Undecided

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