NCT02229552

Habituation to Food as a Risk Factor for Pediatric Obesity

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 237 (actual)
• Sponsor: State University of New York at Buffalo · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 8 Years – 12 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The study is designed to assess habituation of behavioral responding for food as risk factors for increases in Standardized Body Mass Index (zBMI) over two years in non-overweight children.

Detailed description

Cross sectional data have shown slower habituation is related to greater energy intake, and habituation is slower for overweight/obese compared to leaner youth, but it is not known whether this is a result of being overweight, or whether slower habituation is a risk factor for weight gain. The goal of this application is to study individual differences in behavioral (responding for food) habituation as risk factors for alterations in zBMI and body fat over a two year period in 200, 8 to 12 year-old non-overweight children. This project will provide the first test of the hypothesis that slow habituation to food is a risk factor for increases in zBMI in non-overweight youth.

Conditions

• Obesity in Children

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Standardized Assessments	Children were asked to attend appointments without consuming study foods 24 hours previously, as habituation measurements are sensitive to recent consumption. Children were provided access to snack prior to completing questionnaires or cognitive assessments. Habituation to food, questionnaires and cognitive assessments were re-measured at 1-year and 2-year follow up.

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-11-01
• Primary completion: 2014-04-01
• Completion: 2014-04-01
• First posted: 2014-09-01
• Last updated: 2020-10-26
• Results posted: 2020-10-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States