Family Meal Duration and Children's Eating Behavior
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Feeding Behavior
- Sponsor
- Max Planck Institute for Human Development
- Enrollment
- 50
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Food consumption
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 3 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
The goal of this study is to test whether a longer meal duration could improve the diet quality of children. To answer this question we want to take an experimental approach by implementing a longer family meal duration to examine differences in children's eating behavior. The family dinner within a laboratory setting will be video taped and the main outcome is children's fruit and vegetables consumption.
Detailed Description
Parent-child pairs have two dinner in a laboratory setting. The study design is a within-subject design: In the control condition they have as much time as they usual. In the intervention condition they have 50% more time than usual. Order of the two condition is counter balanced. The lab dinner reflects a typical German dinner which consists of bread, cheese, cold meat and fruits and vegetables. Additionally a dessert is served after the main meal. The foods served reflect food preferences of the child. All dinners are video taped. Key outcome variables are consumption of fruits and vegetables, dessert, eating rate and amount time engaged in positive and negative social interaction
Investigators
Mattea Dallacker
Principle Investigator
Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •children and their nutritional gatekeeper
Exclusion Criteria
- •food allergies
- •participants follow special diet
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Food consumption
Time Frame: Food intake is measured during the lab meal
The lab dinner is video taped. Consumption of fruits, vegetables, bread, cheese, cold meat and dessert (cookies or pudding), drinks (water, or milk, or juice) are coded by two independent rater.
Secondary Outcomes
- Social interactions: positive and negative communication(Social interaction is measured during the lab meal)
- Eating rate(From the start to the end of the meal (about 20-30 minutes))
- Hunger(Participants filled out a questionnaire 5 minutes after the lab dinner)
- Atmosphere(Participants filled out a questionnaire 5 minutes after the lab dinner)