- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT03064919
Developing Novel Methods to Teach Children to Recognize Internal Signals of Hunger (CTSI)
Developing Novel Methods to Teach Children to Recognize Internal Signals of Hunger and Fullness
Study Overview
Status
Conditions
Intervention / Treatment
Detailed Description
The purpose of this multi-year project is to develop an evidence-based curriculum for teaching preschool children to eat in response to internal hunger and fullness signals. There are currently no validated methods for teaching children these basic skills, despite the fact that doing so is necessary to prevent the development of obesity. To accomplish this task, the investigators have assembled a multi-disciplinary team from nutrition, eating behavior, obesity prevention, science education, and information sciences and technology.
First, the investigators will refine and build upon a pre-existing curriculum by incorporating 1) state-of-the art theories in early childhood science education, 2) innovative virtual technology to provide more realistic simulations of hunger and fullness, and 3) a parent training component to improve long-range sustainability.
Second, the investigators will conduct an experimental study to determine the effectiveness of this curriculum on children's ability to regulate energy intake in the laboratory. Forty children (ages 4-5) will be tested over an 9-week period. Key outcomes will be children's adjustment in intake in response to a first course (energy compensation) and children's intake of tasty snacks when not hungry (eating in the absence of hunger). Additionally, the investigators will measure other variables likely to impact the success of the curriculum, for example: child gender/age, parent feeding practices, parent education, infant feeding practices, child/parent weight status, and others.
The long term goal of this line of research will be to create an evidence based curriculum that can be integrated into early childhood education and health-based interventions. The translation potential of this research is broad because once validated, the curriculum can be disseminated more widely to early childhood education programs.
Study Type
Enrollment (Actual)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Locations
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Pennsylvania
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University Park, Pennsylvania, United States, 16802
- The Pennsylvania State University
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Genders Eligible for Study
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
- Children must be between the ages of 4-5 years-old at the time they participate in the study.
- All children will be physically healthy, with no food allergies. Parents are asked if the child has any medical problems or is taking any prescription medication. If the answer to either of these questions is yes but the medical problem (or medication) is not severe nor has the potential to affect the study outcome, as judged by our PI, then the child may be included.
- The person primarily responsible for feeding the child must be able to make nine, two-hour visits along with the child to the lab within an nine-week time period.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Child is younger than 4 or older than 6.
- Child is not physically healthy. Parents are asked if the child has any medical problems or is taking any prescription medication. If the medical problem (or medication) is severe or may affect the study outcome, as judged by our PI, then the child may be excluded.
- Child has food allergies.
- Person primarily responsible for feeding child and child cannot make nine, 90 minute - 2 hour visits along with the child within a 9-week period.
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
- Allocation: N/A
- Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: Curriculum Testing
Test an evidence-based curriculum for teaching preschool children to eat in response to internal hunger and fullness signals.
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An evidence-based curriculum for teaching preschool children to eat in response to internal hunger and fullness signals was developed by refining an existing curriculum.
State-of-the art theories in early childhood science education, innovative virtual technology to provide more realistic simulations of hunger and fullness, and a parent training component to improve long-range sustainability were incorporated.
This 9-wk intervention will be tested by forty children (ages 4-5).
Key outcomes will be children's adjustment in intake in response to a first course (energy compensation) and children's intake of tasty snacks when not hungry (eating in the absence of hunger).
Additionally, the investigators will measure other variables likely to impact the success of the curriculum, for example: child gender/age, parent feeding practices, parent education, infant feeding practices, child/parent weight status, and others.
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Energy Compensation measured by compensation score.
Time Frame: Change from baseline to 9 weeks later.
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Children's ability to compensate for calories in a first course will be assessed by measurement of compensation score.
The Compensation Score will be measured over two baseline lab sessions where children are served a low-energy drink (~3 calories) or a high-energy drink (150 calories), followed 25-30 minutes later by a buffet test-meal consisting of the common foods listed above.
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Change from baseline to 9 weeks later.
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Eating in the Absence of Hunger after a buffet meal: Food Intake weighed in grams and calories.
Time Frame: Change from baseline to 9 weeks later.
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Children's intake (grams and calories) of tasty snacks when not hungry (eating in the absence of hunger).
This measurement is taken after a buffet meal is served.
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Change from baseline to 9 weeks later.
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Energy intake at a buffet meal
Time Frame: Change from baseline to 9 weeks later
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Measured at an objective laboratory test meal (kcal and grams)
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Change from baseline to 9 weeks later
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Nutrition knowledge test for children
Time Frame: Change from baseline to 9 weeks later
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Age appropriate nutrition questions, with questions such as: 1) What body parts are involved with digestion?
2) Why do we eat? 3) Why do we stop eating?
4) What happens when we eat too much?
and 5) Simulation of eating just the right amount using a computer game.
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Change from baseline to 9 weeks later
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Liking of foods
Time Frame: Baseline and 9 weeks later.
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Ratings of how much a child likes specific foods used in the study test meals, completed on visual analog scales.
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Baseline and 9 weeks later.
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Wanting of foods
Time Frame: Baseline and 9 weeks later.
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Ratings of how much a child wants to eat specific foods used in the study test meals, completed on visual analog scales.
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Baseline and 9 weeks later.
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Fullness feelings
Time Frame: Baseline and 9 weeks later.
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Ratings of how full the child feels on a child friendly visual analog scale.
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Baseline and 9 weeks later.
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Height
Time Frame: Baseline and 9 weeks later.
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Height in m measured by a stadiometer.
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Baseline and 9 weeks later.
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Weight
Time Frame: Baseline and 9 weeks later.
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Weight in kg by standard digital scale.
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Baseline and 9 weeks later.
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Body mass index
Time Frame: Baseline and 9 weeks later.
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Calculated from height and weight (kg/m^2)
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Baseline and 9 weeks later.
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BMI percentile
Time Frame: Baseline and 9 weeks later.
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Calculated from height, weight, age, sex
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Baseline and 9 weeks later.
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BMI z-score
Time Frame: Baseline and 9 weeks later.
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Calculated from height, weight, age, sex
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Baseline and 9 weeks later.
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Child Eating Behavior Questionnaire
Time Frame: Baseline and 9 weeks later.
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Parent-reported questionnaire of habitual eating styles in children.
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Baseline and 9 weeks later.
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Pubertal development Questionnaire
Time Frame: Baseline
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Parent-reported questionnaire
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Baseline
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Family demographics
Time Frame: Baseline
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Parent-reported questionnaire
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Baseline
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Child feeding Questionnaire
Time Frame: Baseline and 9 weeks later.
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Parent-reported questionnaire of feeding strategies.
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Baseline and 9 weeks later.
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Infant Feeding Questionnaire
Time Frame: Baseline and 9 weeks later.
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Parent-reported questionnaire of infant feeding.
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Baseline and 9 weeks later.
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Child Behavior
Time Frame: Baseline and 9 weeks later.
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Parent-reported questionnaire of child behavior.
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Baseline and 9 weeks later.
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Parent Eating Competence
Time Frame: Baseline and 9 weeks later.
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Parent-reported questionnaire of parent eating competence.
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Baseline and 9 weeks later.
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Division of Responsibility in Child Feeding Questionnaire
Time Frame: Baseline and 9 weeks later.
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Parent-reported questionnaire of division of responsibility in child feeding
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Baseline and 9 weeks later.
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Nutrition Steps Questionnaire
Time Frame: Baseline and 9 weeks later.
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Standardized nutrition questionnaire.
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Baseline and 9 weeks later.
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Caregiver Feeding Style Questionnaire
Time Frame: Baseline and 9 weeks later.
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Parent-reported questionnaire of caregiver feeding style
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Baseline and 9 weeks later.
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Other Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Measure Description |
Time Frame |
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Child Age
Time Frame: Baseline
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Child age in months.
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Baseline
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Study record dates
Study Major Dates
Study Start (Actual)
Primary Completion (Actual)
Study Completion (Actual)
Study Registration Dates
First Submitted
First Submitted That Met QC Criteria
First Posted (Actual)
Study Record Updates
Last Update Posted (Actual)
Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria
Last Verified
More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- Hunger and Fullness
Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)
Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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