NCT07055126

Nutritional Resources and Techniques for Young Children

Nutritional Resources and Techniques to Enhance the Diets of Young Children

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 80 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University College Cork · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 24 Months – 42 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This randomised controlled dietary intervention study aims to test the effect of introducing fresh meat and vegetable-based recipes and targeted dietary resources into a healthy, sustainable toddler diet on dietary intakes relative to a control group consuming a standard diet based on Irish healthy eating guidelines. This study aims to recruit 80 young children (24-42 months old) who will be randomised to an intervention (provided with individualised dietary counselling, alongside a targeted healthy eating resource, focused on incorporating fresh red meat and vegetable based recipes into a sustainable and safe diet for young children), or control group receiving (provided with basic healthy eating advice as per the Food Safety Authority of Ireland's Food-Based Dietary Guidelines for 1-5-year-olds). Participants will: * Include any of the recipes in their child's diet on 3 occasions during the week, for 12 weeks * Complete a variety of validated nutrition and feeding questionnaires * Complete 2 onsite visits, at the baseline and endpoint of the intervention period The provision of targeted dietary counselling with nutritional resources and techniques will allow us to investigate the impact of these strategies on improving the overall diet of young children.

Conditions

• Healthy

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Individualised dietary counselling, coaching and resource provision around healthy eating for young children	Study participants randomised to receive the intervention will receive nutrition education support, through individualised dietary counselling, coaching and resource provision around healthy eating, with a particular focus on incorporating fresh meat and vegetables into a healthy, sustainable and safe diet for young children. Those in the control group will not receive this individualised nutrition education and supports.

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-06-06
• Primary completion: 2025-12-01
• Completion: 2025-12-01
• First posted: 2025-07-08
• Last updated: 2025-07-08

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Ireland