Clinical trial NCT04129372: New Foods Take Time, a Curriculum Designed to Promote Tasting and Liking of Fruits and Vegetables
Official title: Evaluating "New Foods Take Time", a Classroom-based Curriculum Designed to Promote Tasting and Liking of Fruits and Vegetables Among Head Start Preschool Children
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Eating Behavior
Keywords: fruits
vegetables
food neophobia
preschool
children
Lead sponsor: Penn State University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2019-10-16
Enrollment: 30
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 2
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NA
Intervention model: SINGLE_GROUP
Intervention model description: Classrooms will receive "New Foods Take Time", a series of 5 interactive lessons. Children, parents, and teachers will participate in the research
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: 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: 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.

Eligibility criteria: 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

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in number of foods tasted
timeFrame: Pre intervention and at conclusion of 5 week intervention
measure: Change in liking of study foods
timeFrame: Pre intervention and at conclusion of 5 week intervention
measure: Change in self-competence to try new foods
timeFrame: Pre intervention and at conclusion of 5 week intervention
measure: Teacher acceptability of intervention
timeFrame: At conclusion of 5 week intervention
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
measure: Child body mass index
timeFrame: Measured once at any time between enrollment and conclusion of 5 week intervention
measure: Parent report of child neophobia
timeFrame: Measured once at any time between enrollment and conclusion of 5 week intervention
measure: Parent report of food insecurity
timeFrame: Measured once at any time between enrollment and conclusion of 5 week intervention
measure: Change in intake of study foods
timeFrame: Pre intervention and at conclusion of 5 week intervention
Locations:
city: University Park
country: United States
facility: Pennsylvania State University
state: Pennsylvania
Study officials:
affiliation: Penn State University
name: Jennifer Savage, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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