Specially Designed Eating Plates Effects on Food Intake in Normal Weight and Overweight Children

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Obesity
• Interventions: Other: Specially designed plates

• Registration Number: NCT02166892
• Lead Sponsor: Dan Nemet, MD

Brief Summary

Previous studies demonstrated that children served themselves more food when using larger plates and bowels. The purpose of this study is to evaluate if self-served portions and caloric intake in normal weight and overweight children will be influenced by a specially designed eating plates compared to similar size normal plates.

Detailed Description

40 normal weight and 40 overweight kindergarden and elementary school children will participate in this study.

Anthropometric measurements: weight, height, BMI and BMI percentiles will be measured and calculated for each participant.

The participants will take part in two non-exercise activities at the 'sport and health center for children and adolescence'. At the end of each activity, a lunch buffet that contains all food ingredients will be served. During one meeting the children will be handed a regular plate and at the second meeting they will be handed a specially designed plate (with marking of the recommended meal composition and portion).

The amount and composition of food on the plates will be assessed by weighing and photography before and after eating and analysed to report macronutrient consumption by a dietitian. The meetings for normal weight children will be separated from the overweight children.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2014-06-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-06-16
• Study First Posted: 2014-06-18
• Study Start: 2014-07-01
• Primary Completion: 2017-12-01
• Study Completion: 2017-12-01
• Status Verified: 2018-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2018-03-21
• Last Update Posted: 2018-03-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 22

Inclusion Criteria

• Over weight / obese children
• Normal weight children

Exclusion Criteria

• Organic disease that cause obesity
• Underweight children (BMI percentiles < 5)

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Normal weight	Specially designed plates	Normal weight children will be served food in two different occasions using two sets of plates (same size). One set will be plane and the second is a specially designed plate that demonstrate the recommended food consumption and portion.
Overweight children	Specially designed plates	Overweight children will be served food in two different occasions using two sets of plates (same size). One set will be plane and the second is a specially designed plate that demonstrate the recommended food consumption and portion.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Caloric intake	Up to 1 hour after food serving	The amount of food and drink consumed by the children will be evaluated.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Meir Medical Center; 🇮🇱 Kfar Saba, Israel