Clinical trial NCT06721468: Trout Consumption in Young Children and Families and Brain Health
Official title: Increasing Trout Consumption in Young Children and Families for Cognitive and Mental Health Benefit
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Cognitive Change
Well-Being, Psychological
Keywords: Trout
Children
Child-Centered Nutrition Phrases
Cognition
Emotional well-being
Sensory evaluation
Lead sponsor: University of Idaho
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Washington State University
First posted: 2024-12-06
Enrollment: 99
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 3
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Objective 1: Two untrained consumer panels will provide sensory evaluation on three different strains of trout (fish-meal diet, CX line, CLX line).

Objective 2: A within subjects, pre/post design will be employed to compare the effect of repeated exposure (RE) and repeated exposure plus child centered nutrition phrases (RE+CCNP) on eating behaviors of children 4-6 years of age.

Objective 3: A 12-week quasi-experimental design will be employed to capture the translational impact of repeated exposure and nutrition education to the home setting on intake of whole CX line trout and the effect on adult and youth cognitive and emotional wellbeing outcomes. A control and three treatment groups will be recruited from a convenience sample of Eat Smart Idaho participants in northern and south central Idaho.
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: Regular fish consumption may support brain health. Trout lines developed in Idaho contain higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids, nutrients important for human cognition and mental wellbeing. Developed to support aquaculture sustainability, consumer preferences and human health benefits of these fish are unknown. The long-term goal of this project is to utilize nutrition education strategies to increase adult and child consumption of fish to improve brain health as measured by cognitive and emotional wellbeing. Research objectives and activities include, (1) adult and child consumer panels to provide sensory evaluation on three strains of trout, (2) effects of repeated exposure (RE) and child-centered nutrition phrases (CCNP) on eating behaviors and brain health will be determined using one control and two treatment groups of children in childcare settings, (3) effects of nutrition education, incorporating CCNP and fish preparation techniques, and RE targeting family meals on eating behaviors of children and brain health of adults and children will be determined using four treatment groups in the home setting.

Detailed description: Regular fish consumption may support brain health. Trout lines developed in Idaho contain higher levels of omega-3 fatty acids, nutrients important for human cognition and mental wellbeing. Developed to support aquaculture sustainability, consumer preferences and human health benefits of these fish are unknown. The long-term goal of this integrated project is to utilize nutrition education strategies to increase adult and child consumption of fish to improve brain health as measured by cognitive and emotional wellbeing. The long-term impact of this project addresses the key knowledge gap in understanding strategies to increase fish consumption in children and adults, which has the positive implication to improve adult and child cognitive and emotional wellbeing. As knowledge of the health benefits of foods such as fish, may not result in increased consumption, this study can provide evidence of repeated exposure and applied educational tools to facilitate consumption by children and adults. Results from this study will fill the gap to provide greater knowledge of cognitive and emotional wellbeing health benefits of fish consumption and strategies for increasing adult and children's fish consumption. A greater intake of fish not only has the potential to contribute to improved population health outcomes, but also has a probable role in sustainability of US agriculture and food systems through promotion of this cost effective source of protein. In addition, better understanding the sensory perceptions of consumers in relation to fish with varied diets is an important step in identifying additional strategies to grow the aquaculture industry. The specific lines of trout being developed at the Hagerman facility do have a focus on sustainability through feeding plant-based diets rather than the traditional fish meal diet, which is less sustainable and more taxing on the aquaculture industry. Having the data on consumer acceptance, and evidence to support nutrition education strategies to increase liking, and consumption of these lines of trout will contribute to the overall sustainability goals.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Objective 1: Children 3-6 years of age, adults age 18+, English speaking
* Objective 2: Children 4-6 years of age, English speaking
* Objective 3: Children 4-9 years of age AND parent/guardian, English or Spanish speaking, access to internet, currently eat fish less than twice per week

Exclusion Criteria:

* allergy or dietary restriction preventing consuming fish

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in liking from baseline to 12-weeks
timeFrame: Change from baseline liking at 12-weeks
measure: Change in intake from baseline to 12-weeks
timeFrame: Change from baseline intake at 12-weeks
measure: Change in cognition composite score from baseline to 12-weeks
timeFrame: Change from baseline cognition composite score at 12-weeks
measure: Change in emotion score from baseline to 12-weeks
timeFrame: Change from baseline emotion score at 12-weeks
measure: Difference in liking among three trout strains
timeFrame: measured 1 time upon enrollment
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change in fluid cognition composite score from baseline to 12-weeks
timeFrame: Change from baseline cognition composite score at 12-weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Moscow
country: United States
facility: University of Idaho
state: Idaho
city: Pullman
country: United States
facility: Washington State University
state: Washington
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Idaho
name: Annie J Roe, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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