Feeding, Fun, and Families Study

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Childhood Obesity

In brief

To develop and evaluate the efficacy of Feeding Fun and Families (FFF), a nutrition education intervention for low-income mothers emphasizing authoritative food parenting skills, on preschool aged children's energy intakes from solid fats and added sugars (SoFAS), using a randomized controlled trial conducted in a clinic-based setting. FFF will result in lower child SoFAS intakes compared to a no-treatment control group at the end of the 12 week intervention (primary outcome), adjusted for baseline values.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03646201

Run by

Temple University

People needed

131

Starts

2012-07-01

Expected to finish

2016-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-08-24

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• has a child that is 3-5 y at enrollment (up to 66 mo)
• Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) eligible
• 18 y or older
• self-reported comfort with spoken and written English

You may not qualify if…

• child has a restrictive diet
• child has a severe food allergies
• child has a chronic illness or medication that influences intake/growth
• sever psychosocial impairment
• non-English speakers

Where it is running

• Temple University- Center for Obesity Research and Education — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

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