Food for Thought: Executive Functioning Around Eating Among Children

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Conditions studied: Self-regulation, Appetitive Behavior, Eating Behavior, Child Obesity

In brief

Scientific knowledge of the cognitive-developmental processes that serve to support children's appetite self-regulation are surprisingly limited. This investigation will provide new scientific directions for obesity prevention by elucidating cognitive-developmental influences on young children's ability to make healthy food choices and eat in moderation.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT06108128

Run by

Temple University

People needed

125

Starts

2023-10-05

Expected to finish

2025-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2025-04-10

Who can join

Age: 4 and older, up to 6. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Child ages 4 to 6 years of age
• Caregiver reporting primary responsibility for child feeding outside of childcare
• Caregiver legal guardian

You may not qualify if…

• Caregiver <18 years of age
• Child major food allergies
• Child medication use, developmental disability, or medical conditions known to affect food intake and/or growth; color blindness
• Child in foster care

Where it is running

• Temple University — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States (enrolling)

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