Shifting Salty Taste Preferences in Children

NCT02909764 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 39

Last updated 2019-09-30

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Summary

The goals of the proposed research are to determine whether repeated exposure to a low sodium food will result in reduced preference for salt in that food among children; and to determine whether such reductions in preference are related to dietary intake of salt, taste receptor genotype, and anthropometric and physiological measures.

Conditions

  • Development

Interventions

OTHER

Low Sodium Group

Breakfast Cereal

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Monell Chemical Senses Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Julie A Mennella, PhD · Monell Chemical Senses Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
7 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-01-31
Primary Completion
2016-08-31
Completion
2016-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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