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Assessment and Educational Intervention to Reduce Ultra-processed Food Consumption in Pediatric Patients With IBD
Led by Connecticut Children's Medical Center · Updated on 2025-11-19
120
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
37 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
This study explores whether simple nutrition education can help children and teens with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) eat fewer ultra-processed foods (UPFs). UPFs include packaged snacks, sugary drinks, and fast food-items that are high in added sugars, fats, and artificial ingredients. Participants will complete online food recalls to measure what they eat and will then receive either nutrition handouts alone or handouts plus a short educational video about UPFs. Researchers will compare changes in UPF intake between the two groups after several weeks and ask families how useful and acceptable they found the materials. The goal is to identify an effective, practical way to support healthier eating habits and long-term gut health in pediatric IBD.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Assessment and Educational Intervention to Reduce Ultra-processed Food Consumption in Pediatric Patients With IBD
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Diagnosis of IBD (Crohn's disease, Ulcerative Colitis, IBD-U) for at least 3 months
- Age 10 through < 22 years at the time of enrollment
- Followed by a gastroenterologist at Connecticut Children's
- IBD in clinical remission based on PUCAI score <10 or PCDAI score <10
- Receiving medical infusions at CCMC Infusion Center as part of IBD treatment
- On full oral intake without major dietary restrictions or need for oral nutrition supplements
You will not qualify if you...
- Following a medically prescribed or restrictive diet such as Crohn's Disease Exclusion Diet (CDED), ketogenic diet, Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD), low FODMAP diet, gluten-free diet, paleo, or Whole30
- Receiving nutrition through feeding tubes (NG, NJ, gastrostomy, or gastrojejunostomy tubes)
- History of bowel surgery within 3 months before study start affecting ability to sustain normal enteral intake
- Non-English-speaking participants (translation and short-form consent not used)
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Connecticut Children's Medical Center
Hartford, Connecticut, United States, 06106
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Research Team
G
Giselle M Davila Bernardy, MD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Masking
N/A
Allocation
N/A
Model
N/A
Primary Purpose
N/A
Number of Arms
3
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