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Increasing Lean Protein Intake in Preschool-age Children and Assessing Effects on Cognition and Select Health Outcomes

Increasing Lean Protein Intake in Preschool-age Children

Who can join

Ages 2 to 5 · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome

Inclusion Criteria:

* child 2-5 years old

Parent participants:

* Parents of at least one child aged 2-5 years old
* Parents can communicate in English.
* Parents in households who do not have a cultural/ religious reason to abstain from to consuming pork

Exclusion Criteria:

* Child participants:
* Food allergies
* Taking medication that affects food intake (such as stimulant medications),
* Children with diabetes or impaired glucose control.
* Children with digestive disease (such as Crohn's)
* Dietary/religious preferences that exclude consumption of pork

Parent participants:

\- Dietary/religious preferences that exclude consumption of pork

About the study

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.

What is being tested

• Low glycemic index diet (other)

Sponsor: Sibylle Kranz, PhD, RDN · Participants: 20 · Started: Feb 8, 2025

Contact the study team

• Sibylle Kranz, PhD, RD · Phone: 434-924-7904

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06882252

Locations in the U.S.

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Oct 3, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.