Developing Novel Methods to Teach Children to Recognize Internal Signals of Hunger
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Pediatric Obesity
In brief
The purpose of this multi-year project is to develop an evidence-based curriculum for teaching preschool children to eat in response to internal hunger and fullness signals. There are currently no validated methods for teaching children these basic skills, despite the fact that doing so is necessary to prevent the development of obesity.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT03064919
- Run by
- Penn State University
- People needed
- 64
- Starts
- 2015-06-25
- Expected to finish
- 2018-11-02
- Last updated by the study team
- 2021-01-11
Who can join
Age: 4 and older, up to 5. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Children must be between the ages of 4-5 years-old at the time they participate in the study.
- All children will be physically healthy, with no food allergies. Parents are asked if the child has any medical problems or is taking any prescription medication. If the answer to either of these questions is yes but the medical problem (or medication) is not severe nor has the potential to affect the study outcome, as judged by our PI, then the child may be included.
- The person primarily responsible for feeding the child must be able to make nine, two-hour visits along with the child to the lab within an nine-week time period.
You may not qualify if…
- Child is younger than 4 or older than 6.
- Child is not physically healthy. Parents are asked if the child has any medical problems or is taking any prescription medication. If the medical problem (or medication) is severe or may affect the study outcome, as judged by our PI, then the child may be excluded.
- Child has food allergies.
- Person primarily responsible for feeding child and child cannot make nine, 90 minute - 2 hour visits along with the child within a 9-week period.
Where it is running
- The Pennsylvania State University — University Park, Pennsylvania, United States
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