NCT07229508

Developmental Trajectories of Reinforcer Pathology and Childhood Obesity

Trajectories of Reinforcement, Activity, and Consumption in Kids

• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 250 (estimated)
• Sponsor: State University of New York at Buffalo · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 8 Years – 11 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The goal of this observational study is to understand how children's food preferences, physical activity, and decision-making change over time and how these behaviors relate to body weight and overall health.

Detailed description

A cohort sequential design will be used to track 2 cohorts of children aged 8.5-9 years 11 months, and 10.5-11 years 11 months over a 3 year period to understand how the development of food and activity reinforcement and delay discounting could lead to the development of childhood obesity in children aged 9-14.

Conditions

• Pediatric Obesity

Timeline

• Start date: 2025-11-06
• Primary completion: 2030-10-01
• Completion: 2030-10-01
• First posted: 2025-11-17
• Last updated: 2025-11-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States