| Trial name or title | A cluster randomized web‐based intervention trial among one‐year‐old‐children in kindergarten to reduce food neophobia and promote healthy diets |
| Methods | Cluster‐randomised controlled trial |
| Participants | Approximately 306 children born in 2016, attending kindergartens in the counties of Oppland and Telemark in Norway |
| Interventions | Intervention group 1: kindergartens will be asked to
serve a warm lunch meal with a variety of vegetables
3 days a week during the intervention period which
will last for 3 months. Intervention group 2: kindergartens will be asked to use given pedagogical tools including sensory lessons (the Sapere method) and advice on meal practice and feeding styles, in addition to serving the same meals as intervention group 1. Control: control kindergartens will continue their usual practices. |
| Outcomes | Child vegetable intake, dietary habits and food variety using detailed questionnaires developed for this specific study |
| Starting date | The trial started in August 2017 |
| Contact information | Nina Cecilie Øverby: nina.c.overby@uia.no |
| Notes | ISRCTN98064772 |
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