Observational Study of Parental Feeding Practices to Improve Child's Food Intake and Weight Status

Obesity Clinical Trial

Official title:

The Relationship of Parental Feeding Control Practices to Food Intake of 3-5Yr Children in Families With Limited Incomes

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01525186
• Other study ID #: MSUIRB 09-451
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: January 31, 2012
• Last updated: February 1, 2012
• Start date: September 2009
• Est. completion date: February 2010

Study information

• Verified date: January 2012
• Source: Michigan State University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: United States: Institutional Review Board
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

Background:

A topic of interest in the etiology of child obesity is if and how parental feeding behaviors are associated with child food intake and weight status.

Objectives:

The objective was to explore if and how directive (overt) and non-directive (covert and food environmental structure) types of parental feeding control were associated with children's food intake and weight status.

Design:

This was a cross-sectional, exploratory study using structural equation modeling to determine directional associations between maternal feeding practices and their child's food intakes and weight status. Researchers collected data from 330 dyads of 3-5yr children and mothers participating in a federal preschool program for low-income families (Head Start) in Michigan. Mothers' feeding practices (directive and non-directive control), children's food intakes, height and weight of both mothers and children were measured. Structural equation models tested the relationships between maternal feeding practices, the child's food intake and weight status.

Hypotheses:

1. Child weight is negatively associated with parents' directive feeding control practices.

2. Less directive control or greater non-directive control is associated with healthier food intakes in children.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 660
• Est. completion date: February 2010
• Est. primary completion date: September 2009
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 3 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Dyads of child (3-5yrs) and the primary female caregiver

• Participating Head Start program in central Michigan

Exclusion Criteria:

• Children with disability except speech disorders

• Caregivers younger than 18 years old

Study Design

Observational Model: Ecologic or Community, Time Perspective: Cross-Sectional

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Feeding Behaviors
• Obesity

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Michigan State University