Clinical trial

Nurturing Needs Study: Parenting Food Motivated Children

Recruiting now · Not applicable · 1 countries · Registry ID NCT06111040

Recruiting nowNot applicableInterventional

What this study is about

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.

A promising-looking record is not the same as confirmed eligibility. The study team must review the full criteria and current recruitment status.

Basic eligibility

Age4 Years to 5 Years
SexAll
Healthy volunteersAccepted
ConditionParenting, Eating Behavior, Diet, Healthy, Pediatric Obesity

Full registry criteria

Inclusion Criteria: 1. Child ages 4 or 5 years at baseline; 2. Parent/ primary caregiver with legal representation (having 50% or more custody of child); 3. Parent/primary caregiver reporting primary responsibility for child feeding outside of childcare (being with child when they are eating at least two times daily); 4. 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. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Parent/primary caregiver \<18 years of age; 2. Child history of major food allergies (e.g., peanuts); 3. 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; 4. Foster child.

Treatments and study arms

Measurement

Other

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.

Primary outcomes

Excessive dietary intakesBaseline, 18 months

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

BMI changeBaseline, 18 months

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

Study locations

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USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States
Nilda Micheli, BSContact
Temple University - Center for Obesity Research and Education🇺🇸 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Christina Croce, MSContact