Nutritional Resources and Techniques to Enhance the Diets of Young Children
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 72
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Change in dietary intake of key nutrients (iron, zinc, vitamin A, vitamin B12, protein and total energy) from baseline to 12 weeks
研究概览
简要总结
This randomised controlled dietary intervention study aims to test the effect of introducing fresh meat and vegetable-based recipes and targeted dietary resources into a healthy, sustainable toddler diet on dietary intakes relative to a control group consuming a standard diet based on Irish healthy eating guidelines.
This study aims to recruit 80 young children (24-42 months old) who will be randomised to an intervention (provided with individualised dietary counselling, alongside a targeted healthy eating resource, focused on incorporating fresh red meat and vegetable based recipes into a sustainable and safe diet for young children), or control group receiving (provided with basic healthy eating advice as per the Food Safety Authority of Ireland's Food-Based Dietary Guidelines for 1-5-year-olds).
Participants will:
- Include any of the recipes in their child's diet on 3 occasions during the week, for 12 weeks
- Complete a variety of validated nutrition and feeding questionnaires
- Complete 2 onsite visits, at the baseline and endpoint of the intervention period
The provision of targeted dietary counselling with nutritional resources and techniques will allow us to investigate the impact of these strategies on improving the overall diet of young children.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Other
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 24 Months 至 42 Months（Child）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Child aged between 24-42 months (at time of study recruitment).
- •In general good health.
- •Following an unrestricted diet.
- •Capable of completing the study assessments.
- •Parent/guardian must be willing to provide written informed consent for their child's participation.
排除标准
- •- Follows a vegetarian or vegan or meat-avoidant diet.
研究组 & 干预措施
Control Group
Parents/guardians of study participants will be provided with basic healthy eating advice, as per the Food Safety Authority of Ireland's Food-Based Dietary Guidelines for 1-5-year-olds (Food Safety Authority of Ireland, 2020).
Intervention Group
Parents/guardians of study participants will be given individualised dietary counselling, coaching and resource provision around healthy eating, with a particular focus on incorporating fresh meat and vegetables into a healthy, sustainable and safe diet for young children.
干预措施: Individualised dietary counselling, coaching and resource provision around healthy eating for young children (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Change in dietary intake of key nutrients (iron, zinc, vitamin A, vitamin B12, protein and total energy) from baseline to 12 weeks
时间窗: From baseline to 12 weeks
Assessment of change in dietary intake of iron, zinc, vitamin A, vitamin B12, protein, and total energy from baseline to week 12 in toddlers (aged 24-42 months), as measured by a 2-day weighed food and drink diary analyzed using Nutritics software.
次要结局
- Change in mean parental food neophobia score as measured by the Food Neophobia Scale from baseline to 12 weeks(From baseline to 12 weeks)
- Change in frequency of parental inclusion of children in meal preparation and cooking activities from baseline to 12 weeks(From baseline to 12 weeks)
- Change in weight (kilograms) from baseline to 12 weeks(From baseline to 12 weeks)
- Change in mean score on the Perceived Responsibility subscale of the Child Feeding Questionnaire (CFQ) from baseline to 12 weeks(From baseline to 12 weeks)
- Parent reported feasibility and acceptability of the healthy eating resource and recipes(Week 12 (Endpoint Visit))
- Change in mean score on the Cooking Skills Questionnaire (CSQ) from baseline to 12 weeks(From baseline to 12 weeks)
- Change in mean score on the Food Skills Questionnaire (FSQ) from baseline to 12 weeks(From baseline to 12 weeks)
- Change in height (meters) from baseline to 12 weeks(From baseline to 12 weeks)
- Change in mean score on the Perceived Parent Weight subscale of the Child Feeding Questionnaire (CFQ) from baseline to 12 weeks(From baseline to 12 weeks)
- Change in mean score on the Perceived Child Weight subscale of the Child Feeding Questionnaire (CFQ) from baseline to 12 weeks(From baseline to 12 weeks)
- Change in mean score on the Concern about Child Weight subscale of the Child Feeding Questionnaire (CFQ) from baseline to 12 weeks(From baseline to 12 weeks)
- Change in mean score on the Restriction subscale of the Child Feeding Questionnaire (CFQ) from baseline to 12 weeks(From baseline to 12 weeks)
- Change in mean score on the pressure to eat subscale of the Child Feeding Questionnaire (CFQ) from baseline to 12 weeks(From baseline to 12 weeks)
- Change in mean score on the Monitoring subscale from the Child Feeding Questionnaire (CFQ) from baseline to 12 weeks(From baseline to 12 weeks)
- Change in mean score on the Food Responsiveness subscale of the Child Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ) from baseline to 12 weeks(From baseline to 12 weeks)
- Change in mean score on the Emotional Overeating subscale of the Child Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ) from baseline to 12 weeks(From baseline to 12 weeks)
- Change in mean score on the Enjoyment of Food subscale of the Child Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ) from baseline to 12 weeks(From baseline to 12 weeks)
- Change in mean score on the Desire to Drink sub-scale of the Child Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ) from baseline to 12 weeks(From baseline to 12 weeks)
- Change in mean score on the Satiety Responsiveness sub-scale of the Child Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ) from baseline to 12 weeks(From baseline to 12 weeks)
- Change in mean score on the Slowness in Eating sub-scale of the Child Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ) from baseline to 12 weeks(From baseline to 12 weeks)
- Change in mean score on the Emotional Undereating sub-scale of the Child Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ) from baseline to 12 weeks(From baseline to 12 weeks)
- Change in mean score on the Food Fussiness sub-scale of the Child Eating Behaviour Questionnaire (CEBQ) from baseline to 12 weeks(From baseline to 12 weeks)
研究者
Elaine McCarthy
Principal Investigator
University College Cork