Nutrition education to help young people with IBD eat fewer ultra-processed foods
Tests nutrition education to cut ultra-processed foods in young people with IBD.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Assessment and Educational Intervention to Reduce Ultra-processed Food Consumption in Pediatric Patients With IBD
Key facts
- Where
- Hartford, United StatesSee the site
Could this be for you?
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 10 and 21 years old?
Source: NCT07224113, who can take part
Where in United States
- Connecticut Children's Medical CenterHartford, United StatesTaking people
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- Connecticut Children's Medical Center
- Trial code
- NCT07224113
- Record updated
- 16 July 2026
- Original description
This study explores whether simple nutrition education can help children and teens with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) eat fewer ultra-processed foods (UPFs). UPFs include packaged snacks, sugary drinks, and fast food-items that are high in added sugars, fats, and artificial ingredients. Participants will complete online food recalls to measure what they eat and will then receive either nutrition handouts alone or handouts plus a short educational video about UPFs. Researchers will compare changes in UPF intake between the two groups after several weeks and ask families how useful and acceptable they found the materials. The goal is to identify an effective, practical way to support healthier eating habits and long-term gut health in pediatric IBD.Read full original descriptionShow less
Assessment and Educational Intervention to Reduce Ultra-processed Food Consumption in Pediatric Patients With IBD
This study explores whether simple nutrition education can help children and teens with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) eat fewer ultra-processed foods (UPFs). UPFs include packaged snacks, sugary drinks, and fast food-items that are high in added sugars, fats, and artificial ingredients. Participants will complete online food recalls to measure what they eat and will then receive either nutrition handouts alone or handouts plus a short educational video about UPFs. Researchers will compare changes in UPF intake between the two groups after several weeks and ask families how useful and acceptable they found the materials. The goal is to identify an effective, practical way to support healthier eating habits and long-term gut health in pediatric IBD.
Inclusion: Diagnosis of IBD (Crohn's disease, Ulcerative Colitis, IBD-U) for at least 3 months; Age 10 through < 22 years at the time of enrollment (i.e., up to the day before the 22nd birthday); Followed by a gastroenterologist at Connecticut Children's; IBD in clinical remission based on calculated PUCAI score <10 or PCDAI score of <10; Receiving medical infusions at CCMC Infusion Center as part of IBD treatment; Participants must be on full oral intake and not have major dietary restrictions or require oral nutrition supplements.
Exclusion: Receiving any nutrition through feeding tubes (including nasogastric [NG], nasojejunal [NJ], gastrostomy [G], or gastrojejunostomy [GJ] tubes); Following a medically prescribed or restrictive diet such as Crohn's Disease Exclusion Diet (CDED), ketogenic diet, Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD), low FODMAP diet, gluten-free diet, paleo, or Whole30; History of bowel surgery within 3 months of study start affecting ability to sustain normal enteral intake; Non-English-speaking participants (as translation and short-form consent processes will not be used for this study).