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NCT07358390

Potatoes as a Strategy to Improve Diet Quality in Young Children

Enrolling by Invitation
NAAges 2+Interventional
Penn State University
~200 participants
Updated 2026-04-02 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Potato + vegetablePotato appetizerPotato and vegetable separateNo potato

At a glance

Recruiting sites
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What they're measuring
Intake of target vegetable at lunch
Measured over At each of four lunch sessions conducted once per week over four weeks
+2 more outcomes measured

Conditions

Dietary Intake

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Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
Pennsylvania1

Study leadership

  • Emily E Hohman, PhD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · Penn State University

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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Enrolled in participating Head Start classroom
Age 2-6 years old
Parent/guardian of a participating child
Age 18 years or older
Able to read and answer questions in English
Teacher/teaching staff member of a participating Head State classroom
Age 18 years or older
Able to read and answer questions in English

Exclusion

Allergy to potatoes
Children who are not able to understand and answer questions in English may participate in all parts of the study except for the taste test ratings, which require the child to communicate with the research assistant

What this trial measures

  • Intake of target vegetable at lunchAt each of four lunch sessions conducted once per week over four weeks

    Intake of the non-potato target vegetable will be measured at each lunch session by weighing the food dish prior to serving and after the participant has finished eating

  • Entree intake at lunchAt each of four lunch sessions conducted once per week over four weeks

    Intake of an energy-dense entree (macaroni and cheese) will be measured at each lunch session by weighing the food dish prior to serving and after the participant has finished eating

  • Liking of vegetable + potato dishesOnce at start of study

    Children will be presented with small samples of several vegetable, potato, and vegetable + potato dishes and asked to taste them. Children will rate each food as 'yummy', 'just ok', or 'yucky' using a pictorial scale. We will compare the percentage of children who rate the vegetable with potato (VEG+POT) dishes as yummy to the percentage that rated the same non-potato vegetable alone (VEG) as 'yummy'.