New Foods Take Time, a Curriculum Designed to Promote Tasting and Liking of Fruits and Vegetables
- Conditions
- Eating Behavior
- Interventions
- Behavioral: New Foods Take Time
- Registration Number
- NCT04129372
- Lead Sponsor
- Penn State University
- Brief Summary
The overall objective of this project is to conduct a preliminary evaluation of the "New Foods Take Time" Intervention in Head Start preschool classrooms.
- Detailed Description
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.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 30
- Enrolled in a Head Start preschool center
- Between the ages of 2 and 5 years old
Child
- 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
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- SINGLE_GROUP
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description New Foods Take Time New Foods Take Time Head Start classrooms will receive "New Foods Take Time", a series of five interactive weekly lessons designed to promote children's willingness to try new foods, particularly fruits and vegetables. Lessons will be delivered by nutrition educations. Children will also receive three tastings per week of the new foods discussed during the lessons.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change in self-competence to try new foods 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.
Change in number of foods tasted 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
Change in liking of study foods 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")
Teacher acceptability of intervention 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
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Pennsylvania State University
🇺🇸University Park, Pennsylvania, United States