Early Dieting in Girls: a Longitudinal Cohort Study

Eating Behavior Clinical Trial

Official title:

Early Dieting in Girls

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03342430
• Other study ID #: HD32973
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: November 6, 2017
• Last updated: November 9, 2017
• Start date: June 1996
• Est. completion date: August 2007

Study information

• Verified date: November 2017
• Source: Penn State University
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

This longitudinal observational cohort followed the growth and development of non-Hispanic white girls from age 5 to 15 years, with a focus on the development of the controls of food intake.

Description:

This longitudinal observational cohort followed the growth and development of non-Hispanic white girls from age 5 to 15 years, with a focus on the development of the controls of food intake. Data was collected biennially from girls and their mothers and fathers. Measures included anthropometrics, questionnaires and laboratory measures of eating behavior, dietary recalls, psychosocial characteristics, and parenting measures.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 197
• Est. completion date: August 2007
• Est. primary completion date: August 2007
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Female
• Age group: 5 Years to 6 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Living with both biological parents

Exclusion Criteria:

• Severe food allergies

• Chronic medical conditions affecting food intake

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Body Weight
• Dietary Habits
• Eating Behavior
• Weight, Body

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Penn State University

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Dieting practices	Derived from questionnaire by French et al.	Pattern of development from age 5 to 15 years
Primary	Dietary restraint	Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire	Pattern of development from age 5 to 15 years
Primary	Disinhibition	Dutch Eating Behavior Questionnaire	Pattern of development from age 5 to 15 years
Primary	Disordered eating	Children's Eating Attitudes Test/Eating Attitudes Test	Pattern of development from age 5 to 15 years
Secondary	Body mass index	Weight in kg/height in meters squared, converted to z-scores using CDC growth charts	Age 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 15 years
Secondary	Total body bone mineral content	Dual energy x-ray absorptiometry	Age 9, 11, 13, and 15 years
Secondary	Dietary intake	3-24 hour dietary recalls	Age 5, 7, 9, 11, 13, and 15 years