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Nurturing Needs Study: Parenting Food Motivated Children

ConditionsParentingEating BehaviorDiet, HealthyPediatric Obesity
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age4-5
SponsorTemple University

About this trial

High food motivation among children is trait-like and increases risks of unhealthy dietary intake and obesity. Scientific knowledge of how parenting can best support healthy eating habits and growth among children who are predisposed to overeating is surprisingly limited. This investigation will identify supportive food parenting approaches for obesity prevention that address the needs of highly food motivated children.

Eligibility criteria

This trial accepts healthy volunteers

Qualifiers

Child ages 4 or 5 years at baseline;

Parent/ primary caregiver with legal representation (having 50% or more custody of child);

Parent/primary caregiver reporting primary responsibility for child feeding outside of childcare (being with child when they are eating at least two times daily);

Caregiver with a cell phone that can be used to send and receive text messages. If there is more than one age-eligible child in the family, we will ask the caregiver to pick the index child.

Disqualifiers

Parent/primary caregiver <18 years of age;

Child history of major food allergies (e.g., peanuts);

Child medication use (e.g., insulin), developmental disability (e.g., autism) or medical condition(s) (e.g., diabetes) known to affect food intake and growth;

Foster child.

Trial design

Design model

Single group

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Measurement

    Other intervention

    The only interventions are at the measurement level and consist of two behavioral protocols designed to assess children's eating behavior, where food stimuli are provided and children's behavioral responses are recorded.

Treatment groups

416 Participants
are divided into 1 treatment group
Group A: Caregiver-child dyadsOther 1 intervention

Trial outcomes

Primary outcomes

1

Excessive dietary intakes

Indicators: SFAS intakes and meal/snack sizes estimated from 24-hour dietary recalls

Time frame
Baseline, 18 months
2

BMI change

% of the 50th percentile per age- and sex-specific CDC reference values for BMI on a log scale

Time frame
Baseline, 18 months

Secondary outcomes

1

Observed food motivated behaviors

Indicators: Eating in the absence of hunger and relative reinforcing value of food

Time frame
Baseline, 18 months

Other outcomes

Sponsors and contacts

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Temple University

Lead sponsor

Baylor College of Medicine

Collaborator

University of Minnesota

Collaborator

Source ClinicalTrials.gov
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