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

Description

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

Diet Modification

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Study overview

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.

Increasing Lean Protein Intake in Preschool-age Children

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

Condition
Diet Modification
Intervention / Treatment

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Contacts and Locations

Charlottesville

University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, 22903

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * child 2-5 years old
  • * 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
  • * 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

Ages Eligible for Study

2 Years to 5 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Collaborators and Investigators

Sibylle Kranz, PhD, RDN,

Study Record Dates

2025-12-31