The Good Tastes Study: Young Children's Food Acceptance Patterns
Completed
Conditions studied: Food Neophobia, Parenting
In brief
Children begin developing food acceptance and preferences during the first years of life, especially through repeated exposure and increased familiarity. Caregivers pay attention to the amounts of food that their children consume, and they also are sensitive to when their refuses to eat what is offered. This study will examine the interactions between caregivers and their infants when bitter vegetables are introduced to infants and toddlers. The goals for this study are to: 1. understand if masking bitterness with very low levels of sugar or salt may facilitate whether infants accept new vegetables; 2. understand if masking bitterness impacts caregivers' perceptions of infants' acceptance of new vegetables; and 3. understand the stress levels experienced by infants and caregivers throughout this process.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT04549233
- Run by
- University of Colorado, Denver
- People needed
- 110
- Starts
- 2017-07-06
- Expected to finish
- 2018-01-07
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-09-16
Who can join
Age: 1 and older, up to 2. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Term birth (gestational age > 37 weeks);
- Experience with at least 1 complementary food (e.g., infant cereal);
- Caregivers who are > 18 y and < 51 y of age;
- Caregivers who live within 75 miles of the University of Colorado-Denver campus.
You may not qualify if…
- Has genetic disorders or developmental disabilities as these conditions often result in feeding difficulties;
- Has a reported illness or metabolic disorder that would affect food intake (e.g., significant history of allergies);
- Born prematurely (< 37 weeks gestation);
- Caregivers who are younger than 18 y of age or > 51 y;
- Caregivers who live more than 75 miles from the University of Colorado-Denver campus;
- Caregivers who do not read and speak English.
Where it is running
- University of Colorado Denver — Aurora, Colorado, United States
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