New Foods Take Time, a Curriculum Designed to Promote Tasting and Liking of Fruits and Vegetables

Penn State University30 enrolled

Overview

The overall objective of this project is to conduct a preliminary evaluation of the "New Foods Take Time" Intervention in Head Start preschool classrooms.

The overall objective of this project is to conduct a preliminary evaluation of the "New Foods Take Time" Intervention. This curriculum is designed to increase children's preference for and consumption of fruits and vegetables (FV) by encouraging children to try new FV and repeatedly taste these foods.

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Enrollment

Conditions

Eating Behavior

Interventions

New Foods Take TimeBEHAVIORAL

New Foods Take Time is a series of 5 classroom lessons focused on increasing children's willingness to try fruits and vegetables.

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 2 YearsHealthy volunteers:

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Child Inclusion Criteria: * Enrolled in a Head Start preschool center * Between the ages of 2 and 5 years old Child Exclusion Criteria: * Food allergy or restriction to foods in the tastings Parent Inclusion Criteria: * Parent or primary caregiver of a child enrolled in the study * Age 18 years or older * English speaking Parent Exclusion Criteria: * None Teacher Inclusion Criteria: * Actively employed as an early childhood education provider in the Head Start classroom where the intervention is delivered * Age 18 years or older Teacher Exclusion Criteria: * None

Locations (1)

Pennsylvania State University

University Park, Pennsylvania, United States

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Change in number of foods tasted

Children will be presented with small portions of familiar and novel fruits and vegetables and be asked if they would like to taste them

Time frame: Pre intervention and at conclusion of 5 week intervention

Change in liking of study foods

For foods that children agree to taste, they will be asked to rate their liking of them on a three point likert-type scale ("Yummy", "Just ok", or "Yucky")

Time frame: Pre intervention and at conclusion of 5 week intervention

Change in self-competence to try new foods

Children will be presented with a series pairs of drawings with descriptions (e.g., "This boy likes to try new foods" and "This boy does not like to try new foods") and asked to select which is most like them.

Time frame: Pre intervention and at conclusion of 5 week intervention

Teacher acceptability of intervention

Teachers will complete a questionnaire with scaled and open-ended questions about the feasibility and acceptability of the intervention

Time frame: At conclusion of 5 week intervention

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