Child Behavior, Eating, Family Relations, Feeding Behavior
Conditions
Brief summary
The goal of this study is to test whether a longer meal duration could improve the diet quality of children. To answer this question we want to take an experimental approach by implementing a longer family meal duration to examine differences in children's eating behavior. The family dinner within a laboratory setting will be video taped and the main outcome is children's fruit and vegetables consumption.
Detailed description
Parent-child pairs have two dinner in a laboratory setting. The study design is a within-subject design: In the control condition they have as much time as they usual. In the intervention condition they have 50% more time than usual. Order of the two condition is counter balanced. The lab dinner reflects a typical German dinner which consists of bread, cheese, cold meat and fruits and vegetables. Additionally a dessert is served after the main meal. The foods served reflect food preferences of the child. All dinners are video taped. Key outcome variables are consumption of fruits and vegetables, dessert, eating rate and amount time engaged in positive and negative social interaction
Interventions
BEHAVIORALLonger meal duration
Participants have 50% more time to eat than usual
Sponsors
University of Mannheim
Max Planck Institute for Human Development
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
BASIC_SCIENCE
Masking
TRIPLE (Subject, Caregiver, Outcomes Assessor)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
6 Years to 10 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* children and their nutritional gatekeeper
Exclusion criteria
* food allergies * participants follow special diet
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Food consumption | Food intake is measured during the lab meal | The lab dinner is video taped. Consumption of fruits, vegetables, bread, cheese, cold meat and dessert (cookies or pudding), drinks (water, or milk, or juice) are coded by two independent rater. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Social interactions: positive and negative communication | Social interaction is measured during the lab meal | The lab dinner is video taped. Social interactions are coded according to the ABC family mealtime coding system by Fiese, Winter & Botti, 2011. |
| Eating rate | From the start to the end of the meal (about 20-30 minutes) | Bites per minute coded from video tapes |
| Hunger | Participants filled out a questionnaire 5 minutes after the lab dinner | Hunger rating scale (ranging from 1= I am really hungry to 5 = I am not hungry at all) |
| Atmosphere | Participants filled out a questionnaire 5 minutes after the lab dinner | Atmosphere rating scale (ranging from 1= very negative to 5 = very positive) |
Countries
Germany
Outcome results
None listed