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Effects of Experiential Learning on Vegetable Intake in Preschool Children

NCT03400566 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 337

Last updated 2018-01-17

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim of this cluster randomized control trial is to test the efficacy of providing experience of a target novel vegetable within the context of an interactive story time to increase intake of the target novel vegetable in preschool aged children (aged 2-5 years).

Conditions

  • Food Habits
  • Food Preferences
  • Health Behavior
  • Diet Habit
  • Child Behavior

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Narrative

Children will be read a story book featuring vegetables for a minimum of 7 times (including twice during the familiarization phase).

BEHAVIORAL

Experiential

Children will receive hands on experience with the vegetable. They will get to listen, see, feel, touch and smell the actual vegetable during the two familiarization phases.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Economic and Social Research Council, United Kingdom

    collaborator OTHER

  • Purely Nutrition Ltd

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • University of Leeds

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Chandani Nekitsing, MSc · University of Leeds

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
2 Years
Max Age
5 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-10-02
Primary Completion
2017-11-30
Completion
2018-01-05

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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