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Tiny Tastes

The influence of rewards on children's vegetable acceptance: a home-based randomised controlled trial

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN14438492
Enrollment
165
Registered
2011-07-07
Start date
2010-01-04
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2015-01-13

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Children's nutrition Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Children's nutrition

Interventions

All children will participate in pre-intervention, post-intervention and 1- and 3-month follow-up assessments Children will be randomly assigned to one of three conditions: 1. Tangible reward: daily

Sponsors

University College London (UK)
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Children aged 3-4 years and their care giver 2. Care giver fluent in written and spoken English

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Signifcant learning difficulties or physical problems affecting feeding and eating

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
1. Children's liking of their target vegetable (3-point faces scale: 1 = 'Yucky', 2= 'OK', 3= 'Yummy') 2. Consumption of the target vegetable in grams Both measures taken pre-intervention, post-intervention and at 1- and 3-month follow-up

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
1. Parental feeding practices 2. Child's food fussiness 3. Liking and frequency of consumption of a range of fruit and vegetables

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026