NCT05977348Recruiting
Increasing Food Literacy in Preschoolers to Reduce Obesity Risk
Increasing Food Literacy as a Means of Increasing Preschool Children's Food Acceptance and Reducing Obesity Risk
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 17 Mar 2025 · Not updated for over 12 months - ask the site whether it is still open
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The goal of this clinical trial is to examine the effects of a nutrition education program on preschool children's food literacy and food acceptance, and to examine the added influence of a healthy eating curriculum and parent education on children's food knowledge and healthful food choices. The project will be evaluated with 450 children ages 3 to 5 years in center-based childcare programs serving predominantly Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)-eligible families in Pennsylvania. Outcomes for children who receive the added healthy eating curriculum will be compared to children in classrooms that only receive the nutrition education program.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 770 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 18 Jul 2023
- Start date
- 3 Oct 2023
- Primary completion date
- 31 Aug 2026
- Lead sponsor
- Penn State University
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT05977348
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 770
- From 3 Oct 2023 to the primary completion date, 31 Aug 2026
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- Severe food allergies that prevent children from consuming project foods
Other
- Presence of a developmental or sensory disability that affects food intake and/or learning
- Lack of English fluency (children and caregivers)
- Children not regularly present during days/times that intervention lessons are delivered
- Parents who are not involved in feeding/preparing meals for children at least 50% of the time
Who the study is looking for
- Preschool children enrolled in participating centers
Age in the registry: 3 years to 6 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Pennsylvania State University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | University Park | United States | Recruiting |
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