Parental Perception of Child's Weight and Childhood Obesity

Childhood Obesity Clinical Trial

— PERCEPS  

Official title:

Relationship Between Parental Perception of Child's Weight and Feeding Practices in the Context of Childhood Obesity: The PERCEPS Study

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Not yet recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04902677
• Other study ID #: PERCEPS
• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Start date: January 2022
• Est. completion date: June 2022

Study information

• Verified date: December 2021
• Source: Fundació Sant Joan de Déu
• Contact: Carles Lerin, PhD
• Phone: (+34) 936009751
• Email: clerin[@]fsjd.org
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The increasing prevalence of metabolic diseases requires new strategies in the treatment and prevention of obesity. Children exposed to a poor diet and a sedentary lifestyle are especially vulnerable and may therefore be at risk of obesity at a very early stage in their lives. Recent studies have indicated a notable misperception of children's weight by parents. The main objective of this project is to study the association between parental perception of child's body weight and 1) feeding practices (permissive, restrictive or model); and 2) child's degree of overweight.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Not yet recruiting
• Enrollment: 4000
• Est. completion date: June 2022
• Est. primary completion date: June 2022
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 4 Years to 8 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Willing to participate Exclusion Criteria: -

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Childhood Obesity
• Diet Habit
• Obesity
• Pediatric Obesity

Intervention

Other:
• Cross-sectional
No intervention

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Fundació Sant Joan de Déu	Hospital del Mar Research Institute (IMIM)

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Infant feeding practices measured by the Child Feeding Practice questionnaire	We will assess three factors from the Child Feeding Practice (CFP) questionnaire measuring parental control practices and attitudes regarding child feeding: Restriction (8 items), Pressure to eat (4 items), and monitoring (3 items). Each item is scored from 1 to 5, and the mean value for each factor will be calculated.	Baseline
Secondary	Participant BMI z-score	Weight and height of participants will be measured and combined to calculate the BMI z-score based on the WHO growth charts	Baseline