Eating in the Absence of Hunger and Caloric Compensation in Preschool Children, Link With Parental Feeding Practices

Completed

• Conditions: Food Intake Regulation in Healthy Children

• Registration Number: NCT01843712
• Lead Sponsor: Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l'Alimentation

Brief Summary

Objectives: The aims were to measure caloric compensation (CC) and eating in the absence of hunger (EAH) in 2 to 7 year-old French children in their regular eating context and to link these measurements with individual characteristics (adiposity, age, gender) and parental feeding practices.

Design: Three consecutive weeks an identical lunch was served in four preschool canteens reaching 236 children. The first lunch was a control session. For the CC situation (week 2), thirty minutes before the lunch children were offered a preload (137 kcal). For the EAH situation (week 3), ten minutes after lunch children were exposed to palatable foods (430 kcal). Food intake was measured at the individual level. Parental eating behaviour and feeding practices were measured by questionnaires. Child's height and weight were measured by a medical doctor.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-02
• Primary Completion: 2011-03
• Study Completion: 2011-03
• Status Verified: 2013-04
• Study First Submitted: 2013-04-16
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-04-30
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-04-30
• Study First Posted: 2013-05-01
• Last Update Posted: 2013-05-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 236

Inclusion Criteria

• To be registered to the school canteen, to provide parental approval

Exclusion Criteria

• Chronic disease or food allergies.

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Caloric compensation measurement	1 week	In order to collect measurements of caloric compensation, children were offered a chocolate bun 30 minutes before the lunch on the second week. The food intake at lunch was recorded. We calculated if children compensated the chocolate bun, by comparing energy intake at this lunch with energy intake from the control lunch which took place on week 1.
Control measurement of energy intake	1 week	The first week, we conducted a control lunch and recorded food intake of each child.
Eating in the absence of hunger measurement	1 week	In order to collect the measurement of Eating in the absence of hunger, on the third week we offered palatable foods to children 10 minutes after their lunch. We recorded the energy intake from these post-meal foods.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Parental feeding practices	One month after inclusion	Using a validated questionnaire, we collected information about parental feeding practices (Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire, Musher-Eizenman \& Holub, 2007).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Centre des sciences du goût et de l'alimentation; 🇫🇷 Dijon, France