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Increasing Lean Protein Intake in Preschool-age Children and Assessing Effects on Cognition and Select Health Outcomes
Led by Sibylle Kranz, PhD, RDN · Updated on 2025-03-18
20
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
46 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The proposed project addresses the goal of exploring preschooler's ability to recognize changes in feelings of hunger/satiety based on consuming a snack and a meal (lunch/dinner) that are either based on the usual childcare center fare (control) or are based on lean meats (intervention), which will have a lower glycemic index.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Increasing Lean Protein Intake in Preschool-age Children and Assessing Effects on Cognition and Select Health Outcomes
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Child aged 2 to 5 years old
- Parent of at least one child aged 2 to 5 years old
- Parent can communicate in English
- Parent’s household has no cultural or religious reasons to avoid consuming pork
You will not qualify if you...
- Child has food allergies
- Child is taking medication affecting food intake, such as stimulant medications
- Child has diabetes or impaired glucose control
- Child has digestive diseases such as Crohn's disease
- Child has dietary or religious preferences excluding pork consumption
- Parent has dietary or religious preferences excluding pork consumption
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, 22903
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Research Team
S
Sibylle Kranz, PhD, RD
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
CROSSOVER
Primary Purpose
OTHER
Number of Arms
2
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