NCT01513343

Promoting The Self-Regulation Of Energy Intake

Promoting The Self-Regulation Of Energy Intake In Latino Preschoolers: A Family Focused Obesity Prevention Program

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 255 (actual)
• Sponsor: Baylor College of Medicine · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 3 Years – 6 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The goal of this study is to develop and test the efficacy of a scientifically-based, culturally competent seven-session parent directed, obesity prevention program focused on parental feeding strategies that support young children's self-regulation of intake.

Detailed description

The intervention program was developed and piloted. Expected outcomes: At the end of the intervention program, it is expected that parents in the intervention group will: 1) use more child-centered (e.g., repeated presentation of new foods, involvement in food preparation) and less parent-centered feeding directives; 2) be less likely to show an indulgent and more likely to show an authoritative feeding style (feeding responsiveness); 3) show lower scores on restriction and pressure to eat and higher scores on monitoring; and 4) demonstrate higher levels of food knowledge (e.g., best feeding practices, reduced feeding misconceptions). Children in the intervention group are expected to: 1) show more willingness to try new foods, and 2) show increased self-regulation of energy intake. At the end of the interventions, children are expected to show greater consumption of fruits and vegetables (including consuming a wider variety of fruits and vegetables). All effects are expected to continue through the 6- and 12-month follow-ups, although the effects sizes will diminish. Although we do not expect effects on BMI after 6 weeks, we expect to see decreases in children's BMI percentiles by the 6- and 12-month follow-ups for the intervention group-especially for the top 25% of the BMI percentile range. No parental BMI effects are expected.

Conditions

• Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Parent and child groups focused on self-regulation of eating

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-08-01
• Primary completion: 2017-12-27
• Completion: 2017-12-27
• First posted: 2012-01-20
• Last updated: 2023-05-15
• Results posted: 2023-05-15

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: United States