New Foods Take Time, a Curriculum Designed to Promote Tasting and Liking of Fruits and Vegetables

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The overall objective of this project is to conduct a preliminary evaluation of the New Foods Take Time Intervention in Head Start preschool classrooms.

Detailed Description
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The overall objective of this project is to conduct a preliminary evaluation of the New Foods Take Time Intervention. This curriculum is designed to increase children's preference for and consumption of fruits and vegetables (FV) by encouraging children to try new FV and repeatedly taste these foods.

Official Title
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Evaluating New Foods Take Time, a Classroom-based Curriculum Designed to Promote Tasting and Liking of Fruits and Vegetables Among Head Start Preschool Children

Conditions
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Eating Behavior

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: New Foods Take Time


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Child Inclusion Criteria: Enrolled in a Head Start preschool center Between the ages of 2 and 5 years old Child Exclusion Criteria: Food allergy or restriction to foods in the tastings Parent Inclusion Criteria: Parent or primary caregiver of a child enrolled in the study Age 18 years or older English speaking Parent Exclusion Criteria: None Teacher Inclusion Criteria: Actively employed as an early childhood education provider in the Head Start classroom where the intervention is delivered Age 18 years or older Teacher Exclusion Criteria: None

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 2 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Prevention
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Interventional Model Description: Classrooms will receive New Foods Take Time, a series of 5 interactive lessons. Children, parents, and teachers will participate in the research
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: New Foods Take Time<br>Head Start classrooms will receive New Foods Take Time, a series of five interactive weekly lessons designed to promote children's willingness to try new foods, particularly fruits and vegetables. Lessons will be delivered by nutrition educations. Children will also receive three tastings per week of the new foods discussed during the lessons. | Behavioral: New Foods Take Time<br>* New Foods Take Time is a series of 5 classroom lessons focused on increasing children's willingness to try fruits and vegetables.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Change in number of foods tasted | Children will be presented with small portions of familiar and novel fruits and vegetables and be asked if they would like to taste them | Pre intervention and at conclusion of 5 week intervention | 
| Change in liking of study foods | For foods that children agree to taste, they will be asked to rate their liking of them on a three point likert-type scale (Yummy, Just ok, or Yucky) | Pre intervention and at conclusion of 5 week intervention | 
| Change in self-competence to try new foods | Children will be presented with a series pairs of drawings with descriptions (e.g., This boy likes to try new foods and This boy does not like to try new foods) and asked to select which is most like them. | Pre intervention and at conclusion of 5 week intervention | 
| Teacher acceptability of intervention | Teachers will complete a questionnaire with scaled and open-ended questions about the feasibility and acceptability of the intervention | At conclusion of 5 week intervention | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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fruits, vegetables, food neophobia, preschool, children