Status:
RECRUITING
Nurturing Needs Study: Parenting Food Motivated Children
Lead Sponsor:
Temple University
Collaborating Sponsors:
Baylor College of Medicine
University of Minnesota
Conditions:
Parenting
Eating Behavior
Eligibility:
All Genders
4-5 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
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 a...
Detailed Description
High levels of food motivation among young children are heritable, track over time, and associated with elevated risks of unhealthy eating and obesity. Despite significant growth of family-based obesi...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 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.
Exclusion
- 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.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 7 2023
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ESTIMATED
End Date :
October 31 2027
Estimated Enrollment :
416 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT06111040
Start Date
September 7 2023
End Date
October 31 2027
Last Update
November 5 2025
Active Locations (2)
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1
Temple University - Center for Obesity Research and Education
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19140
2
USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center
Houston, Texas, United States, 77030