A web-based program to reduce food-related fears and promote healthy dietary habits in toddlers

A cluster randomized web-based intervention trial among one-year-old-children in kindergarten to reduce food neophobia and promote healthy diets

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN98064772

Enrollment

210

Registered

2017-05-23

Start date

2017-08-15

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2021-10-26

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Conditions

Dietary habits, food neophobia, cognitive development, child obesity and parental and kindergarten personal feeding practices Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine

Interventions

The kindergartens will be randomly, consecutively allocated to either one of the intervention groups or control group based on a computer-generated list: 1. Intervention group 1 will b

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Current inclusion criteria as of 24/01/2020: Children born in the year of 2016 attending kindergartens in the counties of Oppland, Telemark, Møre og Romsdal and Sør-Trøndelag in Norway Previous inclusion criteria: Children born in the year of 2016 attending kindergartens in the counties of Oppland and Telemark in Norway

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Children whose parents do not understand written Norwegian language

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Child vegetable intake, assessed at baseline, after the intervention, and at the ages 36 and 48 months 2. Children's level of food neophobia, assessed at baseline, after the intervention, and at the ages of 36 and 48 months 3. Child dietary habits and food variety, assessed at baseline, after the intervention, and at the ages of 36 and 48 months All primary outcomes are measured using detailed questionnaires developed for this specific study.	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Child vegetable intake, assessed at baseline, after the intervention, and at the ages 36 and 48 months 2. Children's level of food neophobia, assessed at baseline, after the intervention, and at the ages of 36 and 48 months 3. Child dietary habits and food variety, assessed at baseline, after the intervention, and at the ages of 36 and 48 months All primary outcomes are measured using detailed questionnaires developed for this specific study.

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Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Child cognitive development, assessed with the questionnaire Ages and Stages at baseline, after the intervention, and at the ages of 36 and 48 months 2. Weight and height, assessed by self-report at baseline and at the ages of 36 and 48 months 3. Parental and kindergarten staff feeding practices and role modeling, assessed with the Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire at baseline, after the intervention, and at the ages of 36 and 48 months	—

Measure

Time frame

1. Child cognitive development, assessed with the questionnaire Ages and Stages at baseline, after the intervention, and at the ages of 36 and 48 months 2. Weight and height, assessed by self-report at baseline and at the ages of 36 and 48 months 3. Parental and kindergarten staff feeding practices and role modeling, assessed with the Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire at baseline, after the intervention, and at the ages of 36 and 48 months

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Countries

Norway

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 6, 2026