Clinical trial NCT04286932: National Children's Food Survey II
Official title: National Children's Food Consumption Survey II
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Dietary Habits
Life Style
Body Weight
Lead sponsor: University College Cork
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: University College Dublin
name: Dublin Institute of Technology
First posted: 2020-02-27
Enrollment: 600
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 5
Maximum age (years): 12
Standard ages: CHILD
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: CROSS_SECTIONAL
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Primary school children living in Ireland; 5-12y; representative of age, gender, social class, location of residence

Brief summary: The overall objective of this project is to establish for the Republic of Ireland (ROI) a nationally representative database of food consumption in children aged 5-12 years to update 2003-04 data for this group and to complement more recent data on preschool children and adults. The survey will be comparable with existing survey data in ROI and with surveys in UK (GB \& NI). The ROI database will be designed to address both nutrition and food safety issues of relevance to the development and implementation of public health policy, food safety risk assessment and to the needs of the food industry. In addition to detailed data on food consumption, data will be also be collected on body weight, lifestyle, including physical activity, determinants of food choice, urine, and composition of foods and food recipes. Food composition databases will be updated and restructured to facilitate future analyses of food ingredients, packaging materials, residues, contaminants, allergens, bioactives and microorganisms. Urine samples will be stored to facilitate future analyses nutrition and metabolic indicators, markers of food intake and for estimating exposure to food chemicals. Data will be analysed to estimate intakes of foods and nutrients and compliance with dietary recommendations, to establish the prevalence of overweight and obesity, to investigate physical activity patterns and compliance with guidelines, to identify psychological, social and attitudinal determinants of food choice and eating behaviour. Salt intake will be estimated from urine excretion. Findings will be disseminated to relevant stakeholders. The project will be carried out by a multi-disciplinary research team with strong linkages to related on-going research in food and health sciences.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Attending primary school

Exclusion Criteria:

-

Primary outcomes:
measure: Food and nutrient intake of Irish children (5-12y)
timeFrame: Jan 2017-Dec 2019
measure: Anthropometry measurements of Irish children (5-12y)
timeFrame: Jan 2017-Dec 2019
measure: Health and Lifestyle Characteristics of Irish children (5-12y)
timeFrame: Jan 2017-Dec 2019
measure: Food Choice Behaviour of Irish children (5-12y)
timeFrame: Jan 2017-Dec 2019
measure: Physical Activity Measurements of Irish children (5-8y)
timeFrame: Jan 2017-Dec 2019
measure: Physical Activity Measurements of Irish children (9-12y)
timeFrame: Jan 2017-Dec 2019
measure: Urine sample collection and analysis of Irish children (5-12y)
timeFrame: Jan 2017-Dec 2019
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Cork
country: Ireland
facility: University College Cork
Study officials:
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