Repeated exposure to sweet and sweet-sour drinks: do sweet taste preferences change in toddlers?
Completed
- Conditions
- eetgedrageating behaviorpreference for sweet taste
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON48416
- Lead Sponsor
- Division of Human Nutrition and Health
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 69
Inclusion Criteria
- Healthy children.
- 2.5-3 years old.
- No allergy/intolerance to products used in the study.
- Children should have permission from their parents to participate (informed
consent signed).
Exclusion Criteria
-Medical problems that influence the ability to eat e.g. swallowing or
digestion problems.
-Turning 4 years old before the end of the study, which means the children will
leave the day-care facility
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>Preferences for different intensities of sweetness in apple juices and for a<br /><br>sweetened and unsweetened yoghurt will be assessed at baseline (week 1), after<br /><br>the intervention (week 6) and after two month follow-up.</p><br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method <p>-Amount of apple juice consumed during the intervention<br /><br><br /><br>-Children and parent*s characteristics: Parents will be asked to complete a<br /><br>brief questionnaire on their child*s characteristics such as age, body weight<br /><br>and body height. They will also answer a couple of questions about themselves<br /><br>such as age, gender and level of education.</p><br>