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NCT06534541 · ClinicalTrials.gov registry record · NA
Genetic Risk, Parental Feeding Practices, and Appetitive Traits in Early Life
A NA study of Childhood Obesity, sponsored by Trustees of Dartmouth College.
- Recruiting
- Registry status
- NA
- Development phase
- 330
- Enrollment target
- 1
- Study location
NCT06534541 is a NA study of Childhood Obesity that is actively recruiting participants, run by Trustees of Dartmouth College. The registered enrollment target is 330 participants, below the 553-participant average among 43 other Childhood Obesity trials with a reported enrollment target (40% lower). The trial reports 1 study location across 1 state.
The verdict
NCT06534541, a NA study of Childhood Obesity, is actively recruiting participants, sponsored by Trustees of Dartmouth College.
- RECRUITING
- Registry status
- NA
- Development phase
- 330 participants
- Enrollment target
- 1
- Study location
Study Summary
The preschool years (2-5 years of age) is a critical timeframe to shape the lifetime risk of obesity. While the causes of obesity are complex, appetitive traits related to overeating, such as high food approach and low food avoidance, are robustly associated with a greater BMI among children. Some children are genetically pre-disposed to expressing obesogenic appetitive traits, and those traits may mediate a genetic risk for obesity. Separately, parental feeding practices are emerging as an important, yet modifiable, influence on children's obesity risk. Coercive control feeding practices, such as strictly limiting a child's intake of highly palatable foods (restriction) and using food to control children's negative emotions (emotional feeding), are believed to be detrimental for young children because they impede self-regulatory skills around eating and may increase the saliency of highly palatable foods. The goal for this project is to disentangle the inter-relationships between coercive control feeding practices, children's obesogenic appetitive traits, and children's dietary intake across the preschool years to understand how coercive control feeding practices ultimately impact children's adiposity gain over time. Importantly, the investigators aim to understand how those effects differ based on children's underlying genetic risk for obesity. The investigators hypothesize that parents will respond to children's obesogenic appetitive traits by exhibiting more coercive control feeding practices (restriction, emotional feeding), which in turn, will promote future increase in obesogenic appetitive traits and overconsumption, leading to excess adiposity gain among children. Importantly, the investigators hypothesize children with a high genetic risk for obesity will be most susceptible to the negative effects of coercive control feeding practices because food is highly salient for them. The investigators will test the hypotheses among a cohort of children aged 2.5 ye
Conditions Studied
Interventions
- BEHAVIORAL Attentional bias to food cues
Study Locations (1)
New Hampshire
- Dartmotuh College - Hanover
Trial Details
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Enrollment Target | 330 participants |
| Start Date | 2024-07-18 |
| Est. Completion | 2029-08 |
| Phase | NA |
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Full Details on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗What the Registry Record Tells You About NCT06534541
The ClinicalTrials.gov registry entry for NCT06534541 describes a study currently listed as recruiting, categorized as NA. The registered enrollment target is 330 participants, a figure that helps gauge the scale of data the investigators plan to collect, below the 553-participant average among 43 other Childhood Obesity trials with a reported enrollment target (40% lower). The listed sponsor is Trustees of Dartmouth College, which has 31 total studies on file at ClinicalTrials.gov.
The record links to 1 condition, with Childhood Obesity appearing as the primary indexed condition, and to 1 intervention - of which Attentional bias to food cues is the first listed.
NCT06534541 reports 1 study location spanning 1 distinct geographic area - top geographies include New Hampshire.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is clinical trial NCT06534541 about?
NCT06534541 is a clinical study titled "Genetic Risk, Parental Feeding Practices, and Appetitive Traits in Early Life". The preschool years (2-5 years of age) is a critical timeframe to shape the lifetime risk of obesity. While the causes of obesity are complex, appetitive traits related to overeating, such as high food approach and low food avoidance, are robustly associated with a greater BMI among children. Some c...
What is the current status of trial NCT06534541?
This trial is currently recruiting. It is a NA study. The enrollment target is 330 participants. The study started on 2024-07-18. Estimated completion is 2029-08.
What conditions does trial NCT06534541 study?
This clinical trial studies the following conditions: Childhood Obesity.
What interventions are being tested in trial NCT06534541?
The interventions under investigation include: Attentional bias to food cues (BEHAVIORAL).
Who is sponsoring clinical trial NCT06534541?
This trial is sponsored by Trustees of Dartmouth College, which has 31 total clinical trials registered on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Where is trial NCT06534541 being conducted?
This trial has 1 study location across New Hampshire. Contact the study sites directly through ClinicalTrials.gov for enrollment availability.
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