Rainbow Veggie Club for Picky Eating

Age: Any Age

Sex: Any

Trial Phase: Academic

Sponsor: Penn State University

Disqualifiers: Food allergies

No Placebo Group All trial participants will receive the active study treatment (no placebo)

Compensation: Varies

Number of Visits: 6

What You Need to Know Before You Apply

What is the purpose of this trial?

This evaluation project aims to assess the impact of the Penn State Child Health Research Center's final year of SNAP-Ed funded nutrition education program in low-income preschool classrooms in Pennsylvania. This project uses a combination of nutrition education, repeated exposure to a variety of vegetables, and associative conditioning (using dips to make vegetables more appealing) to improve children's knowledge, acceptance, and intake of vegetables.

Are You a Good Fit for This Trial?

This trial is for children enrolled in participating low-income preschools and their teachers in Pennsylvania. It aims to improve kids' knowledge and acceptance of vegetables, targeting picky eaters or those on a vegetarian diet.

Inclusion Criteria

My child is enrolled in a low-income preschool program.

I am a teacher in a low-income preschool.

Timeline for a Trial Participant

Screening

Participants are screened for eligibility to participate in the trial

2 weeks

4 communications sent home

Baseline Data Collection

Pre-tasting activity and Veggie Meter measurements to assess skin carotenoid levels

1 week

1 visit (in-person)

Intervention

Educational lessons from the CATCH Early Childhood curriculum with repeated exposure to vegetables and associative conditioning

5 months

Multiple visits (in-person)

Follow-up

Outcome measurement repeated to evaluate change in vegetable knowledge, acceptance, and intake

1 month

1 visit (in-person)

What Are the Treatments Tested in This Trial?

Interventions

• Rainbow Veggie Club

Trial Overview

The 'Rainbow Veggie Club' program is being tested. It includes nutrition education, repeated vegetable exposure, and using dips as associative conditioning to make veggies more appealing to preschoolers.

How Is the Trial Designed?

Group I: Rainbow Veggie Club Experimental Treatment 1 Intervention

The Rainbow Veggie Club arm is the name of the educational program provided by Penn State's Child Health Research Center.

Who Is Running the Clinical Trial?

Penn State University

Lead Sponsor

Trials

380

Recruited

131,000+