None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
The primary purpose of the study is to provide evidence for a vegetable-first approach to complementary feeding. We hypothesis that early exposure to vegetables during complementary feeding will improve liking and consumption of vegetables in childhood.
Interventions
Babies will be given a selection of 4 different vegetable baby foods over a 4-week trial starting from when baby is ready to start complementary feeding. Examples of vegetables include spinach and broccoli. Mothers provide food ad libitum but on the prescribed colour rotation for 4 weeks. This rotation is green vegetables, white vegetables, purple vegetables, orange vegetables (starting again from green vegetables); they change colour per meal. Adherence to this rotation will be monitored by a w
Babies will be given a selection of 4 different vegetable baby foods over a 4-week trial starting from when baby is ready to start complementary feeding. Examples of vegetables include spinach and broccoli. Mothers provide food ad libitum but on the prescribed colour rotation for 4 weeks. This rotation is green vegetables, white vegetables, purple vegetables, orange vegetables (starting again from green vegetables); they change colour per meal. Adherence to this rotation will be monitored by a weekly survey and the weighed food diary. Mothers are asked to only provide the study's intervention baby foods only alongside breast or formula milk. At 9 months of age 3 test meals will be provided (green vegetable, familiar vegetable and novel vegetable). Liking and intake will be assessed using weighed food records, validated questionnaires and a video coding tool. Follow-ups at 12, 24 and 36 months of age will assess liking of vegetables using questionnaires.
Sponsors
Associate Professor Cath Conlon
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Primary purpose
Prevention
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
0 to 6 Months
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
• 6 months of age or less • healthy and born at term gestation (37+ weeks) • with no known allergies or family history of allergies • with no chronic diseases or medical conditions that may affect abilities to participate in the study • at a stage where they have not started eating solids • living in the Auckland region
Exclusion criteria
None
Outcome results
None listed