NCT04301180

Quality of Diet in Preschool Population

Effectiveness of a Multicompetent Intervention on the Quality of the Diet in the Preschool Population

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 130 (actual)
• Sponsor: Universidad Francisco de Vitoria · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 3 Years – 5 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Childhood obesity is a problem of high prevalence and repercussions in adulthood. It is mostly due to inadequate life habits, modifiable through preventive strategies. The objective was to evaluate in the medium term the effectiveness of an intervention on adherence to the Mediterranean diet pattern in preschoolers. Method: Community trial with two groups, in children between 3-5 years. The experimental group conducted a school garden and the usual contents on human body and health were taught in the control. Two schools were selected by cluster sampling, whose first unit of randomization were the educational areas followed by schools. The adaptation to the Mediterranean diet pattern was evaluated using the KIDMED questionnaire and weight, height, BMI and sociodemographic variables were controlled.

Conditions

• Feeding and Eating Disorders of Childhood

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Education food	The intervention consisted of the presentation of food education content while conducting an orchard with seasonal vegetables

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-04-01
• Primary completion: 2017-04-01
• Completion: 2020-09-01
• First posted: 2020-03-10
• Last updated: 2022-01-05

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Spain