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NCT Number: NCT04129372

New Foods Take Time, a Curriculum Designed to Promote Tasting and Liking of Fruits and Vegetables

The overall objective of this project is to conduct a preliminary evaluation of the "New Foods Take Time" Intervention in Head Start preschool classrooms.

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Key information

Conditions

Eating Behavior Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder Behavior Behavior, Animal Feeding Behavior Feeding and Eating Disorders Mental Disorders

Age range

2 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Pennsylvania State University

University Park, Pennsylvania, 16802, United States

About this study

The overall objective of this project is to conduct a preliminary evaluation of the "New Foods Take Time" Intervention. This curriculum is designed to increase children's preference for and consumption of fruits and vegetables (FV) by encouraging children to try new FV and repeatedly taste these foods.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Child Inclusion Criteria:

  • Enrolled in a Head Start preschool center
  • Between the ages of 2 and 5 years old

Child Exclusion Criteria:

  • Food allergy or restriction to foods in the tastings

Parent Inclusion Criteria:

  • Parent or primary caregiver of a child enrolled in the study
  • Age 18 years or older
  • English speaking

Parent Exclusion Criteria:

  • None

Teacher Inclusion Criteria:

  • Actively employed as an early childhood education provider in the Head Start classroom where the intervention is delivered
  • Age 18 years or older

Teacher Exclusion Criteria:

  • None

Treatment and study plan

New Foods Take Time

Behavioral

New Foods Take Time is a series of 5 classroom lessons focused on increasing children's willingness to try fruits and vegetables.

Primary outcomes

  1. Change in number of foods tasted

    Time frame: Pre intervention and at conclusion of 5 week intervention

    Children will be presented with small portions of familiar and novel fruits and vegetables and be asked if they would like to taste them

  2. Change in liking of study foods

    Time frame: Pre intervention and at conclusion of 5 week intervention

    For foods that children agree to taste, they will be asked to rate their liking of them on a three point likert-type scale ("Yummy", "Just ok", or "Yucky")

  3. Change in self-competence to try new foods

    Time frame: Pre intervention and at conclusion of 5 week intervention

    Children will be presented with a series pairs of drawings with descriptions (e.g., "This boy likes to try new foods" and "This boy does not like to try new foods") and asked to select which is most like them.

  4. Teacher acceptability of intervention

    Time frame: At conclusion of 5 week intervention

    Teachers will complete a questionnaire with scaled and open-ended questions about the feasibility and acceptability of the intervention

Other outcomes

  1. Child body mass index

    Time frame: Measured once at any time between enrollment and conclusion of 5 week intervention

    Height and weight will be measured and used to calculate body mass index (BMI). Age and sex specific percentiles/z-scores will be calculated using CDC growth standards.

  2. Parent report of child neophobia

    Time frame: Measured once at any time between enrollment and conclusion of 5 week intervention

    Parents will complete a survey about their child's eating behavior

  3. Parent report of food insecurity

    Time frame: Measured once at any time between enrollment and conclusion of 5 week intervention

    Parents will complete the USDA food security questionnaire

  4. Change in intake of study foods

    Time frame: Pre intervention and at conclusion of 5 week intervention

    The number of pieces of each food eaten during the tasting procedure

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Penn State University

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Evaluating "New Foods Take Time", a Classroom-based Curriculum Designed to Promote Tasting and Liking of Fruits and Vegetables Among Head Start Preschool Children

Important dates

Study start
2019
Primary completion
2019
Study completion
2019
First posted
Oct 16, 2019
Registry last updated
Sep 14, 2021

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This listing is for discovery and informational purposes only. It is not medical advice, does not guarantee that a study is recruiting, and does not determine eligibility. Contact the study team and a qualified healthcare professional when considering participation.

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