NCT04127812

Evaluating a Mindful Eating Curriculum, "Savor the Flavor"

Evaluating a Mindful Eating Curriculum, "Savor the Flavor" to Promote Healthy Eating Among Head Start Preschool Children

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 49 (actual)
• Sponsor: Penn State University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 2 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The overall goal of this study is to conduct a preliminary evaluation of the feasibility and efficacy of the "Savor the Flavor" intervention.

Detailed description

The overall goal of this study is to conduct a preliminary evaluation of the feasibility and efficacy of the "Savor the Flavor" intervention. The goal of this curriculum is to teach children how to savor foods and slow down while eating by focusing on the sensory experience of eating. The intervention will also teach children attention control techniques so that they are better able to delay consumption of high energy, low nutrition foods, when appropriate.The study will also evaluate a modified version of the Eating in the Absence of Hunger task for use in a preschool classroom setting.

Conditions

• Eating Behavior

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Savor the Flavor	A series of five interactive classroom lessons focused on mindfulness in eating.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-10-01
• Primary completion: 2019-12-31
• Completion: 2019-12-31
• First posted: 2019-10-16
• Last updated: 2020-06-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States