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Increasing Food Literacy in Preschoolers to Reduce Obesity Risk
Increasing Food Literacy as a Means of Increasing Preschool Children's Food Acceptance and Reducing Obesity Risk
Who can join
Ages 3 to 6 · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome
Full eligibility criteria
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
About the study
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.
What is being tested
- Healthy Eating Curriculum (behavioral)
- Improving the Classroom Food and Mealtime Environment (behavioral)
- Parent Education (behavioral)
- ECE Food Acceptance Training (behavioral)
Sponsor: Penn State University · Participants: 770 · Started: Oct 3, 2023
Contact the study team
- Lori A Francis, Ph.D. · Phone: 814-863-0213
- Regina H Lozinski, M.S. · Phone: 814-865-0045
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT05977348
Locations in the U.S.
| Pennsylvania | The Pennsylvania State University, University Park |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.