Cereal nutrition for child health trial
- Conditions
- Prevention of type 2 diabetes, and particularly reduction of the degree of insulin resistanceNutritional, Metabolic, EndocrineType 2 diabetes mellitus
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN33260236
- Lead Sponsor
- St George's, University of London
- Brief Summary
2021 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33296467/ results (added 10/12/2020)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 272
1. Children aged 9-10 years old attending London primary schools
2. No history of diabetes
3. Currently eating a breakfast cereal with low fibre content (=1 gram of fibre per portion)
4. Able and willing to consume at least one of the high-fibre cereals being used in the trial
5. Able and willing to complete trial entry assessment (including providing a fasting blood sample)
1. Outside the relevant age group
2. A history of diabetes
3. Not currently eating a breakfast cereal with low fibre content (=1 gram of fibre per portion)
4. Not able and willing to consume at least one of the high-fibre cereals being used in the trial
5. Not able and willing to complete trial entry assessment (including providing a fasting blood sample)
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Cereal fibre intake during the one-month intervention period, measured using a blood-based biomarker (plasma alkyl-resorcinol) and by dietary assessment (including a multiple pass 24 hour dietary recall and a food frequency questionnaire) at baseline and one month
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <br> 1. Weight and fat mass index, assessed by bioelectrical impedance at baseline and one month<br> 2. The acceptability of the intervention, assessed by questionnaire at one month<br>