Vegetables as first foods for babies study
Not Applicable
Active, not recruiting
- Conditions
- Vegetable consumption in babiesDiet and Nutrition - Obesity
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12619000737134
- Lead Sponsor
- Associate Professor Cath Conlon
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Active, not recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 120
Inclusion Criteria
•6 months of age or less
•healthy and born at term gestation (37+ weeks)
•with no known allergies or family history of allergies
•with no chronic diseases or medical conditions that may affect abilities to participate in the study
•at a stage where they have not started eating solids
•living in the Auckland region
Exclusion Criteria
None
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Vegetable preferences will be measured using a weighed food diary, recording pace of eating, recording baby behaviours (e.g. pushed spoon away), using a 10-point liking scale and food frequency questionnaires. [Pre- post 4-week intervention, 9 months (primary end point), 12, 24 and 36 months of age]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Infant microbiota composition will be measured on infant feacal samples using sequence based Gut Microbiome Profiling.[Pre- and post 4-week trial, then 12 months of age.]