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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

Sponsor

Sibylle Kranz, PhD, RDN

Enrollment

20 participants

Start Date

Feb 8, 2025

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Diet Modification

Summary

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.

Eligibility

Min Age: 2 YearsMax Age: 5 Years

Inclusion Criteria5

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 Criteria8

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

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Interventions

OTHERLow glycemic index diet

Replacement of typical meal/snack with lean pork containing meal/snack

Locations(1)

University of Virginia

Charlottesville, Virginia, United States

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