NCT04723264

The Development of Eating Behavior in Infancy: Associations With Behavior, Diet, and Growth at School Age

• Status: Active Not Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 400 (estimated)
• Sponsor: University of Michigan · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 5 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

This study will examine children's eating behavior. The study will enroll approximately 400 participants (200 child/parent pairs). At certain time points, participants will engage in activities involving the presentation of food and the observation of behavioral responses to these presentations, as well as the completion of questionnaires

Detailed description

This research study is a complex, long term investigation of the relationships between children's eating behaviors, and parent-child interaction during eating and their associations with BMI and dietary intake. It builds on earlier observational research which, like this research, had small experimental components used to classify children into different phenotypic groups based on different responses to the experimental conditions. The small activities and experiments of this follow up study constitute a trial as defined by NIH, registered here. The exploratory outcomes measured from these activities are not listed in this registration for reasons of scientific integrity. To be clear, the bigger structure of this research is essentially an observational follow up study with the same children who were previously studied as infants. The goal of the project is to identify potential future intervention targets.

Conditions

• Eating Behavior

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Food protocols	Participants will engage in several activities (i.e. offering a variety of foods and age appropriate games, etc.) regarding eating behaviors. Participants will be asked to videotape interactions using a secure system. An alternative option may be provided if this videotaping is not acceptable.

Timeline

• Start date: 2021-04-28
• Primary completion: 2026-07-01
• Completion: 2026-07-01
• First posted: 2021-01-25
• Last updated: 2025-04-24

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States