Clinical trials: Vegetable Intake
Feeding Behavior
Variations in Palatability and Portion Size of Vegetables on Meal Intake of Preschool Children
The aim of the study is to determine the effect of varying both the palatability and portion size of vegetables served to preschool children at a meal on the outcomes of food and energy intake at the meal.
- Trial name
- NCT03926065
- Testing
- Plain Vegetables Served in 100% Portion Size, Plain Vegetables Served in 200% Portion Size, Enhanced Vegetables Served in 100% Portion Size
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 67 people
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Vegetable Acceptance in Early Childhood, Childhood Obesity
Baby's First Bites: Promoting Vegetable Intake in Infants and Toddlers
Overweight and obesity in preschool children is more and more common and predicts overweight in later childhood and adulthood. A healthy eating pattern with many vegetables decreases the risk to develop overweight.
- Conditions
- Vegetable Acceptance in Early Childhood, Childhood Obesity, Childhood Overweight
- Trial name
- NCT03348176
- Testing
- Vegetable exposure, VIPP-Feeding Infants, Control
- Where
- 2 sites in Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 255 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universiteit Leiden
Fruit and Vegetable Intake, Eating Behavior
Effectiveness of the Apprenti en Action School-based Culinary Program on 9-10-year-old Children's Food Literacy
In New Brunswick, Canada, only 53% of Kindergarten to Grade 5 students reported eating five or more vegetables and fruits per day in 2016-2017.
- Trial name
- NCT05278377
- Testing
- "Apprenti en Action" program
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universite de Moncton
Diet, Healthy, Health Behavior
A Food As Medicine Approach to Address Food Insecurity in Rural North Carolina
Increasing fruit and vegetable (FV) intake, and reducing saturated fat, salt, and added sugar are central lifestyle recommendations in the Dietary Guidelines for Americans to prevent chronic disease.
- Conditions
- Diet, Healthy, Health Behavior, Blood Pressure, Diabetes Mellitus Risk
- Trial name
- NCT07221045
- Testing
- PhytoRx Families: A Pilot Test to Address Food Security in Rural North Carolina
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- North Carolina State University
Obesity
Get Fruved: Obesity Prevention for Older Adolescents
This program is a non-diet approach to obesity prevention for older adolescents which does not promote following a special diet to manage weight; it promotes healthy behavior associated with obesity prevention.
- Trial name
- NCT02941497
- Testing
- Social marketing and health promotion campaign
- Where
- 7 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 5,800 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
BMI, Blood Pressure
Food Resource Equity and Sustainability for Health
Food insecurity increases the risk of obesity, diabetes, hypertension, and cancer. American Indians (AIs) in Oklahoma are three times as likely as Whites to be food-insecure (21% vs.
- Trial name
- FRESH (NCT03251950)
- Testing
- healthy eating and gardening
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 522 people
- Sponsor
- Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences
Food Neophobia, Parenting
The Good Tastes Study: Young Children's Food Acceptance Patterns
Children begin developing food acceptance and preferences during the first years of life, especially through repeated exposure and increased familiarity.
- Trial name
- NCT04549233
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 110 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Dietary Intake
Potatoes as a Strategy to Improve Diet Quality in Young Children
The purpose of this study is to examine whether incorporating potatoes into meals-either paired with other vegetables or served as a first course-can improve preschoolers' vegetable intake, reduce excess energy intake, and…
- Trial name
- NCT07358390
- Testing
- Potato + vegetable, Potato appetizer, Potato and vegetable separate
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Healthy
Miffy Eats the Rainbow
Fruit and vegetable (F\&V) intake among children in western countries is below recommended levels. To increase F\&V consumption in children (3-6 years), a novel method is proposed based on the concepts of repetitive taste…
- Trial name
- Miffy (NCT05878340)
- Testing
- Miffy, Reward
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 210 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wageningen University
Imbalance of Constituents of Food Intake
An Intervention Targeting Fruit and Vegetable Intake Among Rural Youth
The investigators implemented a theory-based randomized controlled trial in ten rural Virginia middle schools in 2008-2010 and assessed the impact on health behaviors including fruit/vegetable intake as a primary outcome.
- Trial name
- NCT01412697
- Testing
- Fruit and vegetable intake in rural youth
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,119 people
- Sponsor
- Virginia Commonwealth University
Cognitive Function, Mood Disorders
RCT on the Neurobehavioral Effects of Fruits and Vegetables in Shanghai Children
This project proposal outlines a randomized-controlled trial (RCT) aimed at evaluating the effects of increased fruit and vegetable (F\&V) intake on cognitive performance, attention, and mood in Chinese children aged 7-11…
- Conditions
- Cognitive Function, Mood Disorders, Attention-deficit
- Trial name
- NCT06560359
- Testing
- F&V, No F&V
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 251 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fudan University
Dietary Behavior
Toddler Tastes Study
The goal of this study is to determine the feasibility and acceptability of two food preference learning approaches for toddlers that could serve as alternatives to mere repeated exposure to new or previously disliked foods.
- Trial name
- TTS (NCT06877468)
- Testing
- Associative conditioning, Modeling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Healthy Infant Nutrition
Baylor Infant Biomarker of Nutrition Study
The study evaluates the the utility of a non-invasive skin measurement as a biomarker of infant food intake during complementary feeding.
- Trial name
- BIBS (NCT03996395)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 21 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Food Preference
Effect of Learning on Vegetable Acceptance by Toddlers
The aim of this study is to understand the formation of food preferences from an early age.
- Trial name
- WP23_HabEat (NCT01910922)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
Effect of Increased Fruit and Vegetable Intake on Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)
Chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) is the UK's fastest growing fatal disease and is estimated to cost the health service close to £1 billion every year. Around 80,000 people in Northern Ireland suffer from COPD.
- Trial name
- DISCO (NCT00435708)
- Testing
- 5 portions fruit and vegetables/day
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 81 people
- Sponsor
- Queen's University, Belfast
Food Habits, Food Preferences
Effects of Experiential Learning on Vegetable Intake in Preschool Children
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…
- Conditions
- Food Habits, Food Preferences, Health Behavior, Diet Habit
- Trial name
- NCT03400566
- Testing
- Narrative, Experiential
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 337 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Leeds
Nutrition, Healthy
Vegetable Offering in the Home Environment - Impact of Free Accessibility and Choice on Snack Vegetable Intake
This study examines the impact of offering strategies on the fruit and vegetable intake of children aged 4-6. Two key factors being explored are whether caregivers initiate the offering or if it's freely provided and whether…
- Trial name
- VOHE (NCT06212375)
- Testing
- Vegetable variety, Vegetable offering strategy
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 44 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wageningen University
Child Behavior, Adolescent Behavior
How Environmental Interventions Influence Behavior in School Lunchrooms
The investigators hypothesize that the new United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) regulations for lunches served as part of the National School Lunch Program will decrease the percentage of enrolled students purchasing…
- Conditions
- Child Behavior, Adolescent Behavior, Health Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT02091154
- Testing
- USDA Regulations, Marketing Kit, Smarter Lunchrooms Makeover (SLM)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 43 people
- Sponsor
- Cornell University
Children, Only, Behavior, Eating
School Lunch Salad Bars and Fruit and Vegetable Consumption
The investigators propose an efficacy study (i.e., do salad bars work under controlled conditions in naturalistic settings) to test whether introducing salad bars in elementary, middle, and high schools that have never had salad…
- Conditions
- Children, Only, Behavior, Eating, School, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT03283033
- Testing
- New salad bar, Marketing
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7,491 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Arizona State University
Poor Nutrition
Using Spices and Herbs to Increase Vegetable Intake Among Urban High School Students
A two-phase, school-based intervention will be conducted at a high school in Baltimore to evaluate whether the addition of spices and herbs to vegetable dishes in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) can increase vegetable…
- Trial name
- NCT02908854
- Testing
- Adding spices and herbs to school lunch vegetables
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore