Mothers And careGivers Investing in Children

Running, not enrolling · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Obesity, Childhood, Parenting

In brief

The incidence of childhood obesity in the United States has steadily increased over the past 30 years but has begun to level off in recent years. Epidemiological evidence indicates that obesity may transmitted across multiple generations. The current study seeks to: 1) evaluate the extent to which mothers and other important caregivers affect their mothers' parenting; 2) examine whether an intervention aimed at improving diet quality and enhancing responsive feeding to improves parental responsivity and feeding behavior and infants' weight trajectories over time; 3) examine the effects of early life feeding and caregiver sensitivity on health and development; and 4) examine feasibility of food distribution along with the feeding intervention.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04177472

Run by

University of Texas at Austin

People needed

165

Starts

2019-11-14

Expected to finish

2026-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2026-04-28

Who can join

Age: any, up to 90. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Mothers with babies aged 4 to 5 months
• Other caregivers assisting the mother with the baby.
• Babies aged 4 to 5 months

You may not qualify if…

• Babies with metabolic or feeding issues.
• Mothers younger than 16 years of age.

Where it is running

• Sarah M. & Charles E. Seay Building — Austin, Texas, United States
• Dell Pediatric Research Institute — Austin, Texas, United States

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