Increasing the Variety of Vegetables and Fruits Served to Preschool Children at a Snack

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Obesity; Feeding Behaviors
• Interventions: Other: Cucumber snack; Other: Pepper snack; Other: Tomato snack; Other: Vegetable variety snack; Other: Apple snack; Other: Peach snack; Other: Pineapple snack; Other: Fruit variety snack

• Registration Number: NCT01557218
• Lead Sponsor: Penn State University

Brief Summary

Intake of vegetables and fruits in preschool children is less than recommended amounts. Although offering a variety of foods has been shown to increase intake, this effect has not been well studied for low-energy-dense foods. The purpose of this study was to test whether increasing the variety of vegetables and fruits served to preschool children affected the amount eaten. The hypotheses were that increasing the variety of vegetables and fruits would increase both the amount selected and the amount eaten.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2011-01
• Primary Completion: 2011-04
• Study Completion: 2011-05
• Study First Submitted: 2012-03-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-03-15
• Study First Posted: 2012-03-19
• Status Verified: 2013-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-02-14
• Last Update Posted: 2013-02-15

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 61

Inclusion Criteria

• attenders at the relevant child care center

Exclusion Criteria

• allergy or sensitivity to any test food

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Cucumber	Cucumber snack	-
Pepper	Pepper snack	-
Tomato	Tomato snack	-
Vegetable variety	Vegetable variety snack	-
Apple	Apple snack	-
Peach	Peach snack	-
Pineapple	Pineapple snack	-
Fruit variety	Fruit variety snack	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Intake of vegetables and fruit	One month

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Penn State University Laboratory for the Study of Human Ingestive Behavior; 🇺🇸 University Park, Pennsylvania, United States