Clinical trials: Food Preferences
Food Preferences, Parenting
The GAIN Study: Understanding What Helps Children Learn to Like and Eat New Foods
Nutrition supplements have tremendous impact upon the nutritional and developmental status of malnourished children. These products have been designed to be acceptable to children (often by adding nutritive sweeteners to make…
- Trial name
- NCT04544332
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 58 people
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Food Selection
Testing Non-Nutrition Menu Labels on Food Selections
The primary objective of this study is to test the relative effects of environmental harm menu label designs on the healthfulness of consumers' fast-food meal choices.
- Trial name
- NCT07536126
- Testing
- Control (QR) Labels, Low Environmental Harm Labels, High Environmental Harm Labels
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Nutrition, Healthy, Appetitive Behavior
Psyllium-enriched Hamburger Meatballs: Effects on Postprandial Lipidemia, Glycemia, Appetite, and Food Intake
The goal of this clinical trial is to enrich the hamburger meatball with psyllium without impairing its sensory properties and to investigate the effects on acute postprandial lipemia and glycemia, prospective food intake, and…
- Conditions
- Nutrition, Healthy, Appetitive Behavior, Food Preferences, Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT05825963
- Testing
- Psyllium
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 28 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ahmet Murat Günal
Nutrition, Healthy Diet
Effects of UPF Warning Labels on Social Media Among Teens and Young Adults
This study aims to evaluate whether Ultra-Processed Food (UPF) warning labels on social media posts improve consumer understanding and influence purchase intentions among teens and young adults.
- Conditions
- Nutrition, Healthy Diet, Food Preferences
- Trial name
- NCT07227519
- Testing
- UPF Warning Labels, No Labels (Control)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,012 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Tennessee
Food Preferences, Food Habits
The Dastatuz Project
Unhealthy eating habits are a social challenge in this century, regarding that children usually refuse to eat and taste fruits and vegetables.
- Conditions
- Food Preferences, Food Habits, Food Selection
- Trial name
- Dastatuz (NCT04262102)
- Testing
- SD_SF, SD_BLW, HFV_SF
- Where
- 2 sites in Spain
- Volunteers
- 384 people
- Sponsor
- University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU)
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
Food Preferences, Eating Behavior
Food Intake and Blue Dishware in Residents Living With Dementia
Blue dishware was alternated with white dishware for lunch and dinner for residents living with dementia. Food consumption occurred in the home dining room and food was weighed before and after consumption to determine proportion…
- Trial name
- NCT04298788
- Testing
- Blue dishware
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 18 people
- Sponsor
- University of Waterloo
Food Preferences
Improving Protein Intake in Older Adults
To evaluate whether or not high quality protein intake from a mixed meal can be increased by using culinary herbs and spices to increase flavor intensity and food item liking in older adults.
- Trial name
- NCT05175391
- Testing
- Meat based protein with added spice; Plant based protein with added spice
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
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
Life Style, Shift-Work
Assessing the Impact of Rotational and Shift Work on Sleep, Activity, Energy Balance, and Food Choice in Adults
The goal of this observational study is to compare different work schedules in adults above 30 years of age. Shift and rotational work have become increasingly common owing to the demand for 24/7 availability, especially in the…
- Conditions
- Life Style, Shift-Work, Food Preferences
- Trial name
- SWEAT (NCT05652842)
- Testing
- Work-type
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 45 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Memorial University of Newfoundland
Diet Surveys, Food Preferences
Gender Differences in Dietary Patterns and Physical Activity: A PCA Approach
This study investigates gender differences in dietary patterns and physical activity using Principal Component Analysis (PCA). It aims to identify distinct eating and activity behaviors between men and women in order to develop…
- Trial name
- GENDPCA (NCT06654674)
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 2,509 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- San Raffaele Telematic University
Obesity (Disorder), Bariatric Surgery
Impact of a Pro-diversity Gut Microbiota Diet After a Bariatric Surgery on Gut Microbiota, Eating Behaviour and Sensory Function
Bariatric surgery is the most effective treatment for long-term weight loss and reducing obesity-related health risks. It alters the gastrointestinal tract as well as metabolic and hormonal functions, influencing eating…
- Trial name
- BariaGut Taste (NCT07268508)
- Testing
- Nutritional counseling
- Where
- 3 sites in France
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- Hospices Civils de Lyon
Diet, Healthy, Food Security
Food Pantry Client and Staff Preferences for Nutritious no Prep Ready-to-eat Meals
The specific aims of this pilot study are: Aim 1) To identify whether no prep ready to eat meals (intervention) or ingredient bundles (control) have higher client acceptability, liking, satisfaction, and perceived diet quality…
- Trial name
- NCT05593510
- Testing
- No prep ready-to-eat meals, Ingredient bundles (e.g. meal kits)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 85 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dietary Habits, Childhood Obesity
Integrating Food Rx With Best Feeding Practices With EFNEP
To assess feasibility and acceptability of of integrating Food Rx and Best Feeding Practices with EFNEP participants via a pilot study.
- Conditions
- Dietary Habits, Childhood Obesity, Food Selection, Feeding Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT05881759
- Testing
- BEST study - Nutrition education only, BEST study - Nutrition education and feeding practices, BEST study - Nutrition education, feeding practices, and Food Rx
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 375 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Food Selection
Satiety Response of White and Brown Rice Compared to Glucose Control
The investigators hypothesize that consumption of either white or brown rice will be more satiating than glucose control.
- Trial name
- NCT01508975
- Testing
- White Rice, Brown Rice, Glucose
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 20 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
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
Food Selection, Quality of Life
Improved Modified Care Meals to Improving the Quality Of Life of the Pre-Frailty Chewing Disorders of the Older Adult
In 2020, we have entered an aging society. During the aging process, the body will decline with age, and the muscles will decrease, which will affect the swallowing muscles, causing chewing and swallowing difficulties are very…
- Conditions
- Food Selection, Quality of Life, Chewing Disease, Satisfaction
- Trial name
- NCT05922098
- Testing
- Texture Modified Foods Manual for chewing dysfunctions in older adult
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 60 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- National Taipei University of Nursing and Health Sciences
Healthy Adult Male, Appetite
Effects of Cold-Water and Cold-Air Exercise on Appetite, Energy Intake, and Food Preference
This study investigated whether exercising in cold environments affects appetite, energy intake, and food preference compared with exercising in thermoneutral conditions.
- Conditions
- Healthy Adult Male, Appetite, Energy Intake
- Trial name
- NCT07681011
- Testing
- Control Condition, Cold-Water Exercise, Thermoneutral Water Exercise
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 11 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Coventry University
Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes
PREMIER: PREvention of Metabolic Illness Through prEcision nutRition
Dietary intake is a major driving force behind the escalating obesity and type 2 diabetes epidemics. Large, high-quality clinical trials have shown that close adherence to healthy dietary recommendations significantly reduce the…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome, Diet Habit
- Trial name
- PREMIER (NCT04148482)
- Testing
- Dietary intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 22 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Massachusetts General Hospital
Contraception
Assessing Preference for 3 Female Condoms: A Comparative Evaluation of the PATH Woman's Condom, FC2 and the Reddy 6
Evaluation of preference for three female condoms (FC).
- Trial name
- NCT01452503
- Testing
- Path Women's Condom, FC2 female condom, Reddy 6 female condom (V-Amour)
- Where
- South Africa
- Volunteers
- 170 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- FHI 360