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Nutrition Education Curriculum for Childhood Nutrition

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Led By Sibylle Kranz, PhD
Research Sponsored by University of Virginia
Eligibility Criteria Checklist
Specific guidelines that determine who can or cannot participate in a clinical trial
Must have
Be younger than 18 years old
Timeline
Screening 3 weeks
Treatment Varies
Follow Up once weekly during the taste-test activity of the nutrition education curriculum (6 weeks total; weeks 1-6)
Awards & highlights

Study Summary

This trial tests if nutrition education and taste-test activities can improve preschoolers' fruit & veggie intake over 6 weeks.

Eligible Conditions
  • Childhood
  • Healthy Nutrition

Timeline

Screening ~ 3 weeks
Treatment ~ Varies
Follow Up ~once weekly during the taste-test activity of the nutrition education curriculum (6 weeks total; weeks 1-6)
This trial's timeline: 3 weeks for screening, Varies for treatment, and once weekly during the taste-test activity of the nutrition education curriculum (6 weeks total; weeks 1-6) for reporting.

Treatment Details

Study Objectives

Outcome measures can provide a clearer picture of what you can expect from a treatment.
Primary outcome measures
Fruit and vegetable intake at follow-up
Fruit and vegetable intake post-intervention
Skin carotenoid levels at follow-up
+1 more
Secondary outcome measures
Anthropometrics
Food intake at home, baseline
Food intake at home, post-intervention
+13 more
Other outcome measures
Child eating behavior
Sociodemographic information

Trial Design

2Treatment groups
Experimental Treatment
Active Control
Group I: InterventionExperimental Treatment1 Intervention
Classroom assigned to receive the 6-week long nutrition education curriculum
Group II: ControlActive Control1 Intervention
Classroom assigned to receive no intervention
Treatment
First Studied
Drug Approval Stage
How many patients have taken this drug
Nutrition education curriculum
2023
N/A
~20

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Who is running the clinical trial?

University of VirginiaLead Sponsor
753 Previous Clinical Trials
1,245,012 Total Patients Enrolled
Sibylle Kranz, PhDPrincipal InvestigatorUniversity of Virginia
1 Previous Clinical Trials
70 Total Patients Enrolled

Media Library

Nutrition education curriculum Clinical Trial Eligibility Overview. Trial Name: NCT05730530 — N/A
Childhood Research Study Groups: Intervention, Control
Childhood Clinical Trial 2023: Nutrition education curriculum Highlights & Side Effects. Trial Name: NCT05730530 — N/A
Nutrition education curriculum 2023 Treatment Timeline for Medical Study. Trial Name: NCT05730530 — N/A

Frequently Asked Questions

These questions and answers are submitted by anonymous patients, and have not been verified by our internal team.

Does this investigation include participants aged 35 or older?

"This participant cohort includes individuals aged 3 to 5 years old."

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Is there any way I could join this medical study?

"To be considered eligible, applicants must have been born in the last 5 years and currently between 3 to 5. This medical study is seeking 16 total participants."

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Are there any openings presently available for this trial?

"Affirmative. Clinicaltrials.gov shows that this research project, which was first broadcasted on February 13th 2023, is actively looking for new members. 16 individuals are being sought from a single medical facility."

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How many people have volunteered to participate in this research endeavor?

"Affirmative. The clinical trial is actively recruiting, as indicated on the clinicaltrials.gov site which was initiated on February 13th 2023 and modified lastly on February 12th 2023. 16 individuals are expected to be recruited across a single medical centre for this research endeavour."

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What is the hoped-for outcome of this medical experiment?

"The main goal of this research, which will be assessed over a seven week period, is to assess the change in fruit and vegetable intake from baseline. Secondary objectives include measuring systolic and diastolic blood pressure at both post-intervention, using an automatic monitor fitted with a child-sized cuff along with sex-, height-, and age-based blood pressure percentiles, as well as physical activity levels via Actigraph GT3X accelerometers secured on each participant's hip. Parents are also requested to document when their children wear or take off the device before bedtime or while bathing."

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~9 spots leftby Apr 2025