Clinical trials: Dietary Intake
Obesity
Nutrition Intervention and Play Group Exercise for Low-income Latinas
Obesity among Mexican-American women has the potential to become a public health crisis. Hispanics are one of the fastest growing minority populations in the United States and the prevalence of obesity in Mexican American woman…
- Trial name
- CHICOS (NCT00454948)
- Testing
- Home-based nutrition sessions and play group exercise, Group-based nutrition sessions and mail-out activities
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 250 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Healthy
Added Sugar Intake, Sweet Taste Phenotypes and Biomarkers
The goals of this cross-sectional study on a racially diverse group of children (3-10y) and their mothers are to determine whether the relationship between sweet taste phenotypes differed among mother-daughter and mother-son…
- Trial name
- SWBIO (NCT05047588)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 277 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Monell Chemical Senses Center
Adolescent Overweight, Adolescent Obesity
Improving Sleep, Decision-Making, and Eating in Adolescents With Obesity
This study is being performed to understand the effects of a lifestyle modification and sleep intervention on weight loss outcomes in adolescence.
- Conditions
- Adolescent Overweight, Adolescent Obesity, Sleep, Eating Behaviors
- Trial name
- STAR (NCT06745570)
- Testing
- Lifestyle Modification and Sleep Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Nemours Children's Clinic
Cerebral Palsy, Mastication Disorder
Growth, Dietary Intakes and Feeding Behaviors of Children With Cerebral Palsy Who Have Chewing Disorders
The nutritional status of CP children may be decreased when children have chewing disorders too due to insufficient solid food intake.
- Conditions
- Cerebral Palsy, Mastication Disorder, Malnutrition, Growth Delay
- Trial name
- NCT02777645
- Testing
- Growth, feeding evaluation
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 85 people
- Sponsor
- Hacettepe University
Infertility
Food Intake Among Women and Men in Fertility Treatment
Worldwide infertility is highly prevalent and lifestyle factors, such as food intake, could have an essential role in the success of a fertility treatment.
- Trial name
- Food&Fertility (NCT05454046)
- Testing
- Food intake among women and men in fertility treatment
- Where
- 8 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 4,000 people
- Sponsor
- Aalborg University Hospital
Obesity
Evaluating Parental Influences on Obesity Among Mexican American Children
Latino children in the United States have an increased risk of becoming overweight or obese. Previous studies have suggested that parental behaviors are an important influence on children's weight, but more research is needed on…
- Trial name
- NCT00542672
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 831 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
Glucose Metabolism Disorders, Dietary Habits
Dietary Impact on Continuous Glucose Monitoring
Cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), also known as "exercise capacity", is the capacity of respiratory and circulatory systems to supply oxygen to skeletal muscle during exercise for the generation of energy.
- Conditions
- Glucose Metabolism Disorders, Dietary Habits, Pediatric ALL, Adult ALL
- Trial name
- NCT05845827
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people
- Sponsor
- Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Obesity
Child Health Initiative for Lifelong Eating and Exercise (CHILE)
Child Health Initiative for Lifelong Eating and Exercise (CHILE) is a trans-community multidisciplinary site-specific intervention and evaluation plan for a Head Start and family-based culturally and developmentally appropriate…
- Trial name
- CHILE (NCT00428805)
- Testing
- classroom curriculum, In-service training for Head Start teachers/aides, Training for Head Start food service
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 980 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of New Mexico
Child Development
Added Sugar Intake and Brain Structure and Function
The purpose of this study is to learn if there is a relationship between added sugar intake during pregnancy, infancy, and toddlerhood and the brain's structure and function at 5-6 years old.
- Trial name
- GAINS BRAINS (NCT06640829)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 42 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas Medical Center
Biodiversity, Food Intake
Biodiversity in the Diet in Vietnam
Agricultural biodiversity can have an important role in improving diet diversity, quality and nutrition and can be seen as the foundation of the food and nutrition value chain.
- Conditions
- Biodiversity, Food Intake, Nutritional Status
- Trial name
- NCT05144919
- Testing
- Promotion of a biodiverse diet
- Where
- Vietnam
- Volunteers
- 400 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Ghent
Sarcopenic Obesity
Dietary Intake, Sarcopenic Obesity, and Other Treatment-Related Outcomes in Indian Children With Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Sarcopenic obesity occurs when there is a loss of muscle and gain of fat in the body. With this study, the investigators will explore how nutritional status at the beginning of the treatment can cause changes in your child's body…
- Trial name
- TATA (NCT03974893)
- Testing
- Vegetarian Diet
- Where
- India
- Volunteers
- 115 people
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Childhood Obesity, Breastfeeding
Breastfeeding in Infancy and Food Intake in Preschool-Aged Children
The purpose of this study is to compare female, preschool-aged children breastfed during infancy to female, preschool-aged children bottle-fed during infancy in their ability to adjust calorie intake in response to internal…
- Trial name
- NCT00994487
- Testing
- High Energy Density Preload, Low Energy Density Preload
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 7 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Insulin Sensitivity, Sleep
Impact of Sleep Extension in Adolescents
Many teenagers do not get enough sleep. Obesity and diabetes are increasing in teenagers as well. This study plans to learn more about sleep and insulin resistance (insulin not working) in teenagers, and how these things may be…
- Conditions
- Insulin Sensitivity, Sleep, Dietary Habits
- Trial name
- SUNRISE (NCT03500458)
- Testing
- Sleep Extension
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 75 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Caloric Intake
The Influence of Dietary Variety and Course Sequence on Fruit Intake in Preschool-Aged Children
The purpose of this study is to determine the extent to which manipulation of dietary variety and course sequence affects fruit intake and overall energy intake in preschool-aged children.
- Trial name
- NCT01414699
- Testing
- Variety, Non-Variety
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 16 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The University of Tennessee, Knoxville
Healthy Volunteer
A School-based Education Programme to Reduce Salt Intake in Children and Their Families
The study is to test whether an education programme targeted at school children can lower salt intake in children and their families.
- Trial name
- School-EduSalt (NCT01821144)
- Testing
- Salt reduction, Control
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 832 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Queen Mary University of London
Overweight, Obesity
Role of Dietary Protein on Satiety, Food Intake and Thermic Effect of Food
Objectives: To determine the effect of protein content of familiar breakfast meals on subjective appetite, food intake (FI), glycemic response and Thermic Effect of Food (TEF) in normal weight (NW) and overweight (OW)/obese (OB)…
- Trial name
- NCT02200796
- Testing
- Control Meal, Low Protein Meal, Moderate Protein Meal
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 17 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Toronto Metropolitan University
Obesity, Feeding Behaviors
Increasing the Variety of Vegetables and Fruits Served to Preschool Children at a Snack
Intake of vegetables and fruits in preschool children is less than recommended amounts. Although offering a variety of foods has been shown to increase intake, this effect has not been well studied for low-energy-dense foods.
- Trial name
- NCT01557218
- Testing
- Cucumber snack, Pepper snack, Tomato snack
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 61 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Dietary Behavior
Toddler Tastes Study
The goal of this study is to determine the feasibility and acceptability of two food preference learning approaches for toddlers that could serve as alternatives to mere repeated exposure to new or previously disliked foods.
- Trial name
- TTS (NCT06877468)
- Testing
- Associative conditioning, Modeling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 82 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
Dietary Behaviors, Child Growth and Development
The Growing Well Study
What are the study aims? To understand more about eating habits and age-appropriate food/drink portion sizes of children aged 6 months-5 years old, and how this affects their growth and dental health.
- Conditions
- Dietary Behaviors, Child Growth and Development, Dental Health, Dietary Intakes
- Trial name
- GWS (NCT07698158)
- Testing
- Dietary intake and patterns (including vegetarian, vegan, and dairy-free diets)
- Where
- 6 sites in United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 1,890 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Leeds
Autism Spectrum Disorder
A Study Looking at How Well Children With Autism Spectrum Disorder on Medications Like Having More Protein
Antipsychotic medications are commonly prescribed in children and adults with ASD (Curtin, Jojic \& Bandini, 2014). But weight gain has been known to be one of the less desirable effects of these medications, increasing one's…
- Trial name
- NCT03708614
- Testing
- Controlled energy diet with elevated protein intake
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital