Storytime with a healthy twist: reading boosts Kids' nutrition Know-How
NCT ID NCT07170696
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether a dialogic reading-based nutrition education program could improve preschool children's nutrition knowledge and dietary diversity. Forty-six children participated, and researchers measured their nutrition knowledge using a picture-based quiz and their dietary diversity through a food frequency questionnaire. The approach uses interactive reading to teach healthy eating, offering a potential low-cost tool for early childhood nutrition education.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- dialogic reading-based nutrition education
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this approach could offer a simple, low-cost way to teach young children healthy eating habits.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed study with only 46 children, so results may not apply broadly. It measured knowledge and diet diversity, not long-term health outcomes.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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46 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2024
- Finished
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Oct 2024
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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60 to 66 months
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Inclusion Criteria: * Parental consent for participation * Regular school attendance * No medical condition requiring a special diet * No diagnosis of congenital or acquired developmental delay/disability * No prior participation in a nutrition-focused developmental support program Exclusion Criteria: * Special needs * Missing family form * Foreign language (not fluent in study language) * Absenteeism
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Müberra Demirbaş
Istanbul, Istanbul, 34840, Turkey (Türkiye)
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