Baby’s first bites: a randomized controlled trial to assess the effects of vegetable-exposure and sensitive feeding on vegetable acceptance, eating behavior and weight gain in infants and toddlers

Table 2 Timeline for participants

	Enrolment	Intervention-period						Post-test	Follow-up
Child age (in months)	2–4	4–7		8	12	13	16	18	24	36
Time point		t ₀	t ₁		t ₁₂			t ₁₈	t ₂₄	t ₃₆
Enrolment & allocation
1. Invitation e-mail	x
2. Information and informed consent	x
3. Screening	x
4. Allocation	x
5. Rice-flour porridge	x
Interventions
RVE
Feeding schedule		days 1–19
Phone-call		Twice in period days 3–17		x		x	x
Provision of vegetable purees		X		x	x
VIPP-FI
Feeding schedule		days 1–19
Home-visit		Twice in period days 3–17		x		x	x
Provision of fruit and carrot purees		X		x	x
Combined RVE + VIPP-FI
Feeding schedule		days 1–19
Phone-call + home-visit		Twice in period days 3–17		x		x	x
Provision of vegetable purees		X		x	x
Attention-control
Feeding schedule		days 1–19
Phone-call		Twice in period days 3–17		x		x	x
Provision of fruit and carrot purees		X		x	x
Assessment of study outcomes^a		Days 1 + 2	Days 18 + 19		x			x	x	x

Note. ^aPrimary outcomes: vegetable intake and liking, child self-regulation of energy intake. Secondary outcomes: child anthropometrics, child eating behavior and maternal feeding behavior. RVE = repeated exposure to vegetables. VIPP-FI=Video-feedback Intervention to promote Positive Parenting-Feeding Infants

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