First food for infants

Randomized controlled trial evaluating a cooking intervention to improve parental cooking skills and thereby improve dietary intake in infants aged 6- 12 months

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN45864056

Enrollment

160

Registered

2016-05-20

Start date

2012-06-20

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2021-01-05

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Conditions

Nutritional intake Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Nutritional intake

Interventions

Participants are randomly allocated to one of two groups. Control group: Parents receive a booklet containing recipes for homemade foods for infants and are not given access to the pr

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Children inclusion criteria: Children aged 5-6 months, attending the selected public health clinics. Parent inclusion criteria: Having child aged 5-6 months attending the selected public health clinic

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Not meeting inclusion criteria

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Food intake is measured using food frequency questionnaires when infants are 6 (baseline), 15 and 24 months of age	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Levels of HDL, LDL and total cholesterol and vitamin D are measured using finger stick blood tests at when infants are 15 and 24 months of age 2. Parental cooking skills and knowledge is measured using questionnaires when infants are 6 (baseline), 15 and 24 months of age 3. Child growth from 6 to 24 months of age is measured using self reported weight and height when infants are 6 (baseline), 15 and 24 months of age	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Levels of HDL, LDL and total cholesterol and vitamin D are measured using finger stick blood tests at when infants are 15 and 24 months of age 2. Parental cooking skills and knowledge is measured using questionnaires when infants are 6 (baseline), 15 and 24 months of age 3. Child growth from 6 to 24 months of age is measured using self reported weight and height when infants are 6 (baseline), 15 and 24 months of age

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Countries

Norway

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 8, 2026