Breastfeeding in Infancy and Food Intake in Preschool-Aged Children

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Childhood Obesity, Breastfeeding

In brief

The purpose of this study is to compare female, preschool-aged children breastfed during infancy to female, preschool-aged children bottle-fed during infancy in their ability to adjust calorie intake in response to internal signals of hunger and fullness. Children and a parent will come to two sessions, with the children given drinks that are either high or low in energy, and then consume a lunch following the drink. The parent will be present during the lunch. Greater ability to self-regulate intake is demonstrated when less energy is consumed at lunch following the high energy drink as compared to the lunch following the low energy drink. Lunches will be videotaped so that parental feeding styles (i.e., how the parent interacted with the child during lunch) can be examined. The primary hypotheses are: 1.) the exclusively breastfed children will have higher self-regulation ability than the exclusively bottle-fed children, and 2.) the mothers of the exclusively breastfed children will demonstrate a parental feeding style characterized by less control and restriction than the mothers (or parent primarily responsible for child feeding) of the exclusively bottle-fed children.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00994487

Run by

The University of Tennessee, Knoxville

People needed

7

Starts

2010-06-01

Expected to finish

2010-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-04-05

Who can join

Age: 3 and older, up to 5. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Children will be eligible for study participation if they meet the following criteria:
• female
• BMI between the 5th and the 85th percentile
• were of normal birth weight (>2500 g)
• full-term
• have no chronic disease conditions effecting growth and intake
• have not been in foster care for longer than one month (if at all)
• are between 3 and 5 years of age
• are willing to consume and are not allergic to the preloads and meals used in the study
• are not lactose-intolerant
• have a parent who is able to recall mode of feeding in infancy and was either exclusively breast-fed from birth to 3 months of age (defined as being fed from a bottle on average < 1 time per week from birth to 3 months of age, with all other feedings from the breast) or was exclusively bottle-fed from birth to 3 months of age (defined as being completely bottle-fed, with feedings comprised of formula and/or breastmilk)
• have a parent willing to transport child to the University of Tennessee lab at two different times during their participation in the project

Where it is running

• University of Tennessee — Knoxville, Tennessee, United States

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