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Complementary Weaning With Adult Food Typical of the Mediterranean Diet

NCT05297357 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 394

Last updated 2022-03-28

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Summary

A Randomized Controlled Clinical Trials was conducted to study the medium-long term impact of a complementary weaning using adult foods typical of Mediterranean Diets (MD) on children taste development and eating habits, and on the microbiota composition.

Main objectives were to assess the effect of such weaning scheme on:

1. medium-long term adherence of the children to the MD (Primary aim).
2. familial eating habits to verify how many changes may come from an early education of the kid toward a Mediterranean eating style
3. the BMI of the children
4. gut microbiota composition

Conditions

  • Weaning

Interventions

DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Mediterranean Diet weaning scheme

Kids in experimental group were weaned by using fresh foods traditionally used in MD and appropriately adapted to infants including seasonal fruit and vegetables, various kinds of fresh blue fish, spices and herbs. No salt was used while a small amount of Parmesan cheese was added. No sugar was added to any meal.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Federico II University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
4 Months
Max Age
6 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-05-01
Primary Completion
2016-07-01
Completion
2019-12-31

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