NCT03926065

Variations in Palatability and Portion Size of Vegetables on Meal Intake of Preschool Children

Lunchtime Meal Feeding Study for Preschool Children

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 67 (actual)
• Sponsor: Penn State University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 3 Years – 5 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of the study is to determine the effect of varying both the palatability and portion size of vegetables served to preschool children at a meal on the outcomes of food and energy intake at the meal.

Conditions

• Feeding Behavior

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Plain Vegetables Served in 100% Portion Size	Lunch includes (a) vegetables without added flavoring (b) the baseline portion size of vegetables
OTHER	Plain Vegetables Served in 200% Portion Size	Lunch includes (a) vegetables without added flavoring (b) 200% of the baseline portion size of vegetables
OTHER	Enhanced Vegetables Served in 100% Portion Size	Lunch includes (a) vegetables with added flavoring (b) the baseline portion size of vegetables
OTHER	Enhanced Vegetables Served in 200% Portion Size	Lunch includes (a) vegetables with added flavoring (b) 200% of the baseline portion size of vegetables

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-05-28
• Primary completion: 2019-10-24
• Completion: 2019-10-29
• First posted: 2019-04-24
• Last updated: 2020-09-25
• Results posted: 2020-09-04

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States