Nurturing Needs Study: Parenting Food Motivated Children
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.
Conditions:
🦠 Parenting 🦠 Eating Behavior 🦠 Diet, Healthy 🦠 Pediatric Obesity
🗓️ Study Start (Actual) 7 September 2023
🗓️ Primary Completion (Estimated) 30 September 2027
✅ Study Completion (Estimated) 30 September 2027
👥 Enrollment (Estimated) 750
🔬 Study Type INTERVENTIONAL
📊 Phase NA
Locations:
📍 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
📍 Houston, Texas, United States

📋 Eligibility Criteria

Description

    Inclusion Criteria:

    • 1. Hispanic or Black parent/primary caregiver race/ethnicity, based on the participating caregiver's self-disclosure;
    • 2. Low household income, based on US poverty income guidelines for WIC/Head Start eligibility;
    • 3. Child ages 4 or 5 years at baseline;
    • 4. Parent/ primary caregiver with legal representation (having 50% or more custody of child);
    • 5. Parent/primary caregiver reporting primary responsibility for child feeding outside of childcare (being with child when they are eating at least two times daily);
    • 6. 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.
Ages Eligible for Study: 4 Years to 5 Years (CHILD)
Sexes Eligible for Study: ALL
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

🗓️ Study Record Dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Registration Dates

  • First Submitted 26 October 2023
  • First Submitted that Met QC Criteria 26 October 2023
  • First Posted 1 November 2023

Study Record Updates

  • Last Update Submitted that Met QC Criteria 2 January 2024
  • Last Update Posted 3 January 2024
  • Last Verified January 2024