NCT03146715

The Effect of a Nutrient Dense Food on the Skin CarotenoidLevels of School Age Children

The Effect of a Nutrient Dense Food on the Skin Carotenoid Levels of School Age Children

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 48 (actual)
• Sponsor: Utah State University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 5 Years – 18 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Background: In a previous study, children who consumed a high-carotenoid juice over 8 weeks significantly increased skin carotenoid levels as compared to children who consumed a placebo juice. A naturally carotenoid-rich baked product, potentially marketable as a healthy breakfast food alternative, was developed by Utah State University researchers. Objective: To determine the effect and response of a carotenoid-rich baked product on change in skin carotenoid levels among children. Design: A six week randomized controlled trial. Participants/setting: Participants were children age 5-18 during March-June, 2015 living in Cache County, UT (n=46). Intervention: Children were randomly assigned to one of two groups: treatment (n=23) with a high carotenoid baked food or control (n=25) who consumed a baked food with no carotenoids. Children were asked to eat the designated portion of the assigned food once a day for six weeks. Skin carotenoid levels were measured every two weeks by a BioPhotonic scanner and reported in Raman intensity counts. Participants were asked to maintain their diet and completed a food frequency questionnaire at Baseline, Week 3, and Week 6. Uneaten portions of the food were returned to clinic, counted, and recorded. Main outcome measures: Change in skin carotenoid levels as measured in Raman counts over 6 weeks. Statistical analysis performed: Repeated-measures ANOVA was used to assess the group differences in Raman counts.

Conditions

• Raman Spectroscopy
• Children, Only

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Feeding trial	Children were asked to eat the designated portion of the assigned food once a day for six weeks.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-04-01
• Primary completion: 2015-06-30
• Completion: 2015-06-30
• First posted: 2017-05-10
• Last updated: 2017-05-10

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States