Evaluating the Validity and Feasibility of a Smartwatch-based Eating Detection System to Passively and Automatically Detect Eating Events in Child-parent Dyads

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Conditions studied: Eating Behavior

In brief

This study will test the validity and feasibility of an smartwatch-based system to detect eating and drinking events in both laboratory and free-living conditions.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT07290179

Run by

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

People needed

35

Starts

2026-06-10

Expected to finish

2026-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-06-11

Who can join

Age: 8 and older, up to 12. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Parents or caregivers (18-70 years) who have children aged 8-12 years
• Child is willing and able to wear smartwatch during school hours (have not restrictions in the school setting)

You may not qualify if…

• Any condition or circumstance that could impede study completion
• Child does not follow a regular eating pattern
• Child eats less than 1 meal and 1 snack in a day
• Child is restricted or allergic to the study foods
• Refusal or unable to use the smartwatch to collect data for the 3-day period in free - living conditions
• Parental refusal or unable to respond Ecological Momentary Assessment prompts

Where it is running

• Pennington Biomedical Research Center — Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States (enrolling)

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