The GAIN Study: Understanding What Helps Children Learn to Like and Eat New Foods

Completed

Conditions studied: Food Preferences, Parenting

In brief

Nutrition supplements have tremendous impact upon the nutritional and developmental status of malnourished children. These products have been designed to be acceptable to children (often by adding nutritive sweeteners to make them more palatable), but to date there has been little rigorous testing of their palatability for infants, toddlers and young children. The overall goal of this project is to investigate whether: 1. children's acceptance of a nutrition supplement is associated with maternal persistence in offering the food to her child over a 2-week period; 2. an unsweetened version of the nutrition supplement differs in short- and long-term acceptance; and 3. maternal liking of the supplement is associated with her persistence in offering the food to her child.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04544332

Run by

University of Colorado, Denver

People needed

58

Starts

2018-10-25

Expected to finish

2019-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-09-10

Who can join

Age: 1 and older, up to 2. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Term birth (at least 37 weeks gestation)
• Experience with complementary foods
• Previous exposure to nuts (butters, powders, or other nut ingredients)
• Caregiver at least 18 years of age and < 51 years of age
• Caregiver lives within 75 miles of the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
• Caregiver must feed the infant or toddler at least 50% of the time

You may not qualify if…

• Has a genetic disorder or developmental disability, as these conditions often result in feeding difficulties
• Has a reported illness or metabolic disorder (e.g., food allergy) that could affect food intake
• Was born prematurely (< 37 weeks gestation)
• Caregiver is less than 18 years of age
• Caregiver lives more than 75 miles from the University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
• Caregiver does not read and speak English
• Caregiver has a food allergy

Where it is running

• University of Colorado Denver — Aurora, Colorado, United States

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