NCT04971811

Effects of Energy Density on Self-served Snacks in Preschool Children

Self-served Snack Study for Preschool Children

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 55 (actual)
• Sponsor: Penn State University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 4 Years – 6 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of the study is to determine whether the energy density of snack foods affects the amounts that preschool children serve themselves and then consume. We will serve snacks that vary in energy density to preschool children in their childcare centers and measure the amount they serve themselves and consume. The results will have implications for guidance about the provision of snacks for preschool children and may help in identifying strategies for the prevention of obesity in children.

Conditions

• Eating Behavior

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Snack with energy density less than 1.5 kcal/g	Snack meal with snack food having energy density less than 1.5 kcal/g
OTHER	Snack with energy density greater than 1.5 kcal/g	Snack meal with snack food having energy density greater than 1.5 kcal/g

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-09-15
• Primary completion: 2022-02-24
• Completion: 2022-03-03
• First posted: 2021-07-22
• Last updated: 2022-03-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States