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Increasing Food Literacy in Preschoolers to Reduce Obesity Risk

Penn State University · NCT05977348

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 3–6 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
770
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
October 3, 2023
Record last updated
March 17, 2025

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What the study is about

The goal of this clinical trial is to examine the effects of a nutrition education program on preschool children's food literacy and food acceptance, and to examine the added influence of a healthy eating curriculum and parent education on children's food knowledge and healthful food choices. The project will be evaluated with 450 children ages 3 to 5 years in center-based childcare programs serving predominantly Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)-eligible families in Pennsylvania. Outcomes for children who receive the added healthy eating curriculum will be compared to children in classrooms that only receive the nutrition education program.

Being studied: Healthy Eating Curriculum; Improving the Classroom Food and Mealtime Environment; Parent Education; ECE Food Acceptance Training

Conditions: Food Preferences; Food Selection; Eating, Healthy; Obesity, Childhood

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Preschool children enrolled in participating centers

Exclusion Criteria

  • Severe food allergies that prevent children from consuming project foods
  • Presence of a developmental or sensory disability that affects food intake and/or learning
  • Lack of English fluency (children and caregivers)
  • Children not regularly present during days/times that intervention lessons are delivered
  • Parents who are not involved in feeding/preparing meals for children at least 50% of the time

Recruiting US locations

  • The Pennsylvania State University

    University Park, PA 16802

    Site contact: Lori A Francis, PhD · 814-863-0213 · laf169@psu.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Lori A Francis, Ph.D. · 814-863-0213 · lfrancis@psu.edu
  • Regina H Lozinski, M.S. · 814-865-0045 · rmh215@psu.edu
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