The SLeeping and Intake Methods Taught to Infants and Mothers Early in Life (SLIMTIME) Project
Completed · Phase 1
Conditions studied: Weight Gain, Obesity
In brief
Childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions and its prevalence continues to rise, even among very young children. Because the current evidence base regarding potentially effective early intervention components to prevent obesity is so incomplete, it is logical to initiate obesity prevention intervention research during infancy, focusing on the two major components of the infant lifestyle, sleeping and feeding.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00359242
- Run by
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
- People needed
- 160
- Starts
- 2006-06-01
- Expected to finish
- 2009-12-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2017-07-28
Who can join
Age: 0 and older, up to 1. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- > 34 0/7 weeks gestational age
- Discharged from the newborn nursery or neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) without significant neonatal morbidity
- Singleton infant
- Nursery or NICU stay of 7 days or less
- Primiparous mother
- Maternity stay of 7 days or less
- Pediatric primary care provider from one of 3 University-affiliated pediatric practices or University-affiliated family medicine practices
- Feeding human milk (breast milk) during the maternity/newborn stay with intent to continue to breastfeed after discharge
- English speaking mother.
You may not qualify if…
- Newborn nursery, NICU, or maternity stay > 7 days
- Exclusive formula feeding in the nursery or NICU
- Multiparous mother
- Any metabolic condition that requires feedings at precise intervals
- Gestational age of 33 6/7 weeks or less
- Presence of a congenital anomaly or neonatal condition that significantly affects a newborn's feeding (e.g. cleft lip or cleft palate) or sleeping (hyperexplexia - exaggerated startle reflex)
- Non-singleton newborn
Where it is running
- Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center — Hershey, Pennsylvania, United States
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