Clinical trials: Food Preferences
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
Preventing Non-communicable Diseases in Guatemala Through Sugary Drink Reduction
Sugar-sweetened beverages are a significant contributor to adult and childhood obesity in Guatemala. Policies to place health warning labels on sugar-sweetened beverages are being pursued, but there is little empirical data on…
- Trial name
- NCT04022694
- Testing
- Exposure to beverage health information, Exposure to beverage calorie information
- Where
- Guatemala
- Volunteers
- 628 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
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
Healthy Eating, Food Preference
Quality of Home Packed School Lunch Among Children Attending Kindergarten School in Jimma Zone, South West Ethiopia, 2026
A balanced diet is critical for preschool aged children; meals must be sufficiently diverse to provide the essential nutrients required for rapid physical and cognitive development.
- Conditions
- Healthy Eating, Food Preference, Nutritional Status
- Trial name
- NCT07506772
- Testing
- Nutrition education
- Where
- Ethiopia
- Volunteers
- 451 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Jimma University
Healthy
Sensitive Periods in Early Flavor Learning
Flavor is the primary dimension by which young children determine food acceptance. However, children are not merely miniature adults since sensory systems mature postnatally and their responses to certain tastes differ markedly…
- Trial name
- NCT00994747
- Testing
- Nutramigen (Flavor and Type of Infant Formula), Enfamil, milk-based formula
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 79 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Monell Chemical Senses Center
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
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
Childhood Obesity
Husky Reads Effectiveness in Increasing Produce Preference and Food Group Identification in Preschool Children
Since 1998, UCONN undergraduate students have volunteered as part of a service- learning course to deliver a program called Husky Reads.
- Trial name
- NCT03338257
- Testing
- Husky Reads Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 400 people
- Sponsor
- UConn Health
Intervention, Food Allergy
Healthy Meals: A Restaurant-based Study to Promote Healthy and Allergy Adapted Diet
This study evaluates the effect of a multicomponent intervention applied to restaurant staff about training and nutritional quality of menu improvement, in order to promote a healthy diet and a better management of allergies and…
- Conditions
- Intervention, Food Allergy, Food Preferences, Food Intolerance
- Trial name
- HealthyMeals (NCT03826576)
- Testing
- Multicomponent intervention
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 164 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Rovira i Virgili
Food Habits, Food Preferences
Promoting Vegetable Intake in Preschool Aged Children
The aim of this cluster randomised control trial is to test the efficacy of a repeated taste exposure intervention, a nutritional educational intervention and combination of both to increase intake of an unfamiliar vegetable in…
- Conditions
- Food Habits, Food Preferences, Behavior, Health Behavior
- Trial name
- NCT03003923
- Testing
- Taste exposure, Nutritional education
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Leeds
Food Selection
Influence of "Likes" in Social Media Food Ads on Black and White Adolescents' Food Purchases - Study 2
This is a randomized trial to examine the influence of number of "likes"on social media food ads on Black and White adolescents' food purchases
- Trial name
- NCT06969638
- Testing
- Black Ads, White Ads, Many Likes
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- NYU Langone Health
Obesity
Considering Patient Diet Preferences to Optimize Weight Loss
Obesity is increasingly common and can lead to decreased quality of life, increased medical and psychiatric illness, high health care costs, and early mortality.
- Trial name
- DietChoice (NCT01152359)
- Testing
- Choice, Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 207 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- VA Office of Research and Development
Infant Nutritional Physiological Phenomena, Complementary Feeding
Preparation of Complementary Feeding in Spain: a Cross-sectional Study
Study design: Cross-sectional study, survey based Study population: spanish people, caregivers of infants under 2 years old. Sample size: 1925 surveys.
- Trial name
- NCT03675607
- Testing
- Complementary feeding behaviours
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 1,925 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Academia Española de Nutrición y Dietética
Water Consumption, Drinking Behavior
Effects of a School-based Intervention to Increase the Water Consumption in Elementary School Children
The purpose of this controlled intervention study is to evaluate the effectiveness of a school-based intervention aiming at increasing the water consumption in elementary school children.
- Trial name
- H2NOE (NCT03852173)
- Testing
- Wasserschulen
- Where
- Austria
- Volunteers
- 1,485 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Danube University Krems
Food Oral Processing, Texture Preference
Evolution of Food Oral Processing Behaviours, Food Bolus Formation and Texture Preferences Between 6 to 12 Years Old and Adult Age
This cross sectional study investigates how the oral physiological changes during the period of dental transition (6-12 years old) influence on texture preferences, food oral processing behaviour and food bolus properties, for…
- Trial name
- MARELLE (NCT07631195)
- Where
- France
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
Diabetes
Food Intake and Appetite in the Children of Mothers With Diabetes
This protocol is for study of the effect of inhibition of parasympathetic outflow on insulin secretion and glucose metabolism. Insulin secretion will be measured during infusions of escalating doses of atropine.
- Trial name
- NCT00339313
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 240 people
- Sponsor
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Overweight and Obesity, Malnutrition, Child
Effect of an Educational Intervention About Front of Package Labeling in Children and Caregivers.
The goal of this clinical trial is to evaluate the effect of a digital educational intervention of front-of-package warning labeling on the selection and purchase of food in elementary school children and their caregivers.
- Trial name
- NCT06102473
- Testing
- Nutritional education
- Volunteers
- 404 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Diana Avila Montiel
Behavior, Child, Food Selection
Nudging for Behavior Change in School Cafeterias
The main purpose of this research is to look at a school lunchroom intervention that is known to improve fruit, vegetable, and milk consumption and see how it changes in the long run and if it affects the child's behavior…
- Trial name
- NCT04156542
- Testing
- Basic School Lunchroom Nudges
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 3,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ohio State University
Food Selection
Evaluation of a Healthy Food Procurement Policy at Municipality-level in Nepal
The rise in chronic diseases is attributed to unhealthy eating high in sugar, salt and saturated fats, which is facilitated by the availability and consumption of these unhealthy foods.
- Trial name
- NCT05664256
- Testing
- Build capacity of canteen, Information, Education and Communication materials, Monitoring visit
- Where
- Nepal
- Volunteers
- 402 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kathmandu University School of Medical Sciences
Food Preferences
Influence of Cultural Immersion on Willingness to Try Fruits and Vegetables Among Children in Guam: the Traditions Study
The purpose of the Traditions study was to examine the influence of cultural immersion on willingness to try fruits and vegetables among children, 3-12 y, in Guam.
- Trial name
- Traditions (NCT02457234)
- Testing
- Cultural immersion
- Volunteers
- 104 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Guam