Promoting Food Acceptance Through Positive Parenting: the Play and Grow Study

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Obesity, Childhood, Overweight, Childhood, Overnutrition, Pediatric Obesity, Eating, Healthy

In brief

Approximately one half of adults and one-fifth of children have obesity, including 14% of 2-5-year-olds. Early obesity prevention is essential as children who are overweight by age 5 are at increased risk for later obesity. Dietary intake is inextricably linked to weight status, and the majority of young children fail to meet intake recommendations, with socioeconomically disadvantaged and racial/ethnic minority children at increased risk of poor diet quality. However, children's liking of healthier foods predicts their intake, and children can learn to like healthier foods via experience. The current study brings together evidence from the parenting and learning literatures to: 1) examine effects of a novel learning strategy leveraging positive parent-child interactions on 3-5-year-old children's vegetable acceptance and dietary intake, as well as to explore 2) individual differences in learning strategy effects.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT06074926
Run by: State University of New York at Buffalo
People needed: 50
Starts: 2023-10-30
Expected to finish: 2024-08-01
Last updated by the study team: 2024-08-27

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

Child is 3-5 years old
Parent/ guardian is 18 years of age or older
Child is not diagnosed with a serious physical or mental health condition that precludes safe participation
Parent and child are English speaking

You may not qualify if…

The child is outside the age range of 3-5 years
Child is diagnosed with a serious physical or mental health condition that precludes participation
Parent/ guardian is less than 18 years of age

Where it is running

State University of New York at Buffalo — Buffalo, New York, United States

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