Vegetables, children, intake, variety, choice Groente, kinderen, inname, variëteit, keuze
Conditions
Interventions
The VAH-study (Veggies At Home) is a randomized intervention study at home of 6 weeks with two conditions varying the degree of choice concerning vegetable eating.
In the no-choice conditioning, the
Sponsors
Wageningen universiteit (WUR)
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Healthy children 2-5 years old; 2. Signed informed consent by parents.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Children with food allergy for vegetables; 2. Children younger than 2 years and older than 5 years old; 3. Parents who did not sign the informed consent.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Intake will be a main endpoint of the study. Intake will be measured by weighing the plate with the vegetables before and after the dinner (left overs). | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Mothers’ perceived liking: After dinner the mothers or fathers or caregivers will rate how much they think the child likes the vegetable(s), on a 9-point scale on which 1 stands for “dislikes very much” 5 for ”neither likes or dislikes” and 9 for “likes very much”; 2. A day food diary. We will ask the parents to keep up a diary about what and how much the child eats during dinner time the day of the experiment, during the whole period (6 weeks, twice per week). With these data we monitor the vegetable intake and liking scores per child. We will ask what other food categories were eaten as a control for dinner composition and if the mother/father/caregiver or the child itself had served the vegetables. Next to that, we will ask some general information about the health status of the child. | — |
Contacts
Public ContactVictoire Wild, de
Wageningen University Division of Human Nutrition Agrotechnion building 309, room 1031 Bomenweg 4
Outcome results
None listed