Status:

COMPLETED

Influence of Parents and Friends on Children and Adolescents

Lead Sponsor:

University at Buffalo

Conditions:

Healthy

Eligibility:

All Genders

5-14 years

Brief Summary

The objective of this study is to directly compare the effects of parents and friends on overweight and non-overweight children and adolescents' food intake and food selection using a cross-sectional ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Boys and girls ages 5-6 yrs and 12-14 yrs and their mothers
  • Children must have a BMI greater than or equal to 15th percentile for their age
  • Children and their mothers must have at least a moderate liking of the study foods used

Exclusion

  • Participants should not have any food allergies
  • Participants should have no dietary restraints
  • Participants should have no psychopathology that can limit food choice and alter eating
  • Participants should have no developmental disabilities that can limit food choice and alter eating
  • Participants cannot have a cold or upper respiratory distress that could influence taste, appetite or olfactory sensory responsiveness
  • Participants cannot be on any medications that could influence taste, appetite or olfactory sensory responsiveness

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2009

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

June 1 2010

Estimated Enrollment :

40 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00875576

Start Date

January 1 2009

End Date

June 1 2010

Last Update

June 28 2010

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University at Buffalo, Division of Behavioral Medicine

Buffalo, New York, United States, 14214