NCT03242863

Effect of Varying Proportions of Low and High Energy Dense Foods Over 5 Days in Preschool Children

Strategies to Moderate Energy Intake for the Prevention of Obesity in Children

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 57 (actual)
• Sponsor: Penn State University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 3 Years – 5 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

In this study, the investigators will vary the proportions of high- and low-energy-dense foods served to preschool children at all meals and snacks during three 5-day periods. In the three experimental conditions, the same foods will be served; only the amounts and proportions of foods will be varied. In the Baseline condition, typical proportions of age-appropriate foods will be served. In the Addition condition, the portion sizes of low-energy-dense foods will be increased, and in the Substitution condition, the portions of low-energy-dense foods will be increased by replacing an equivalent amount of foods higher in energy density. The primary aim is to determine the effect on children's energy intake of varying the proportion of low- and high-energy-dense foods served, either by addition or substitution, over 5 days. It is hypothesized that children will consume less energy when they are served meals in which low-energy-dense foods are substituted for foods higher in energy density over 5 days and that children will consume more energy when served meals to which low-energy-dense foods are added. Additionally, we will test the hypothesis that daily energy intake in the three conditions will begin to converge across the 5-day period.

Conditions

• Feeding Behavior

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Food proportionality	Proportions of high and low energy dense foods manipulated

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-11-27
• Primary completion: 2019-05-02
• Completion: 2019-05-02
• First posted: 2017-08-08
• Last updated: 2020-11-18
• Results posted: 2020-06-16

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States