Clinical trials: Pediatric Feeding Disorder
Childhood Obesity, Well-Being, Psychological
Generation Healthy Kids: A Cluster-randomized Trial of a Multi-component, Multi-setting Intervention
The GHK intervention was developed according to the United Kingdom Medical Research Council's framework for developing and evaluating complex interventions.
- Conditions
- Childhood Obesity, Well-Being, Psychological, Physical Inactivity, Sleep
- Trial name
- GHK (NCT05940675)
- Testing
- Food and Nutrition, Physical Activity (FitFirst), Sleep and screen media
- Where
- 2 sites in Denmark
- Volunteers
- 1,372 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Copenhagen
Preoperative Care, Anxiety
Use of Maltodextrins in the ERAS Preoperative Fasting Protocol in Pediatric Surgery
This monocentric prospective randomized controlled pilot study aims to evaluate the effectiveness of preoperative maltodextrin administration within an Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocol in pediatric surgical…
- Conditions
- Preoperative Care, Anxiety, Pediatric Surgery
- Trial name
- ERAS-MALTO (NCT07686029)
- Testing
- Maltodextrin Clear Liquid, Non-Sugared Clear Liquid
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 200 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Azienda Ospedaliera SS. Antonio e Biagio e Cesare Arrigo di Alessandria
Picky Eaters, Feeding Interaction, Good Enough Parenting, Family Meals, Emotional Eating Prevention
"Improved Mother Infant Feeding Interaction (MI-FI) at 12 Months With Very Early Parent Training"
Rise in childhood obesity and poor eating habits and eating problems is apparent over the last decades. Parents are at lose what the correct way to tackle these problems may be.
- Trial name
- MI-FI (NCT03086811)
- Testing
- Mother Infant Feeding Interaction very early training
- Volunteers
- 166 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rambam Health Care Campus
Diet Habit, Pollution; Exposure
Children's Health Study Diet and Air Pollution
This study is built upon the existing data in the Children's Health Study to examine the longitudinal association between childhood exposure to air pollutants and changes in diet among adolescents.
- Conditions
- Diet Habit, Pollution; Exposure, Child Obesity
- Trial name
- CHS DIET (NCT03379298)
- Volunteers
- 3,142 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Southern California
Childhood Obesity, Life Style
LIMIT Early Adiposity Rebound in Children
Childhood obesity is a strong predictor of adult obesity with health and economic consequences for the individual and society. Adiposity rebound (AR) is a rise in the Body Mass Index occurring between 3-7 years.
- Conditions
- Childhood Obesity, Life Style, Intestinal Microbiome
- Trial name
- LIMIT (NCT04960670)
- Testing
- Evaluation of microbiome and maternal/infant lifestyle
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Pavia
Breastfeeding, Bottle Feeding
Using Digital Health Technologies to Prevent Rapid Infant Weight Gain.
A digital intervention to provide supplemental infant feeding support to mothers enrolled in WIC. The trial begins prenatally and continues through 3-months postpartum and tests the feasibility and acceptability of a text…
- Conditions
- Breastfeeding, Bottle Feeding, Child Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT05265845
- Testing
- Intervention, Text4Baby
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Duke University
Pediatric Obesity
Pediatric Obesity and the Infant Microbiome (BEACH)
The impact of breastfeeding on the infant microbiome in vaginally and Cesarean delivered offspring from obese and normal weight mothers.
- Trial name
- BEACH (NCT02843087)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 83 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Obesity, Childhood
Online Videos and New Feeding Content to Enhance a Current EFNEP Program
The goal of this study is to further increase the impact of a validated and widely-used Eating Smart • Being Active EFNEP curriculum by teaching parents responsive feeding practices resulting in the development of healthier…
- Trial name
- NCT03170700
- Testing
- Nutrition program with in-person parental feeding content, Nutrition program with online parental feeding content
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 543 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Baylor College of Medicine
Obesity
Healthy Sleeping and Feeding During Infancy
Childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions and its prevalence continues to rise, even among very young children. A recent report from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) revealed that from 1999…
- Trial name
- NCT00125580
- Testing
- Infant sleep instruction
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 40 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Obesity, Childhood
Resilience to the Effects of Advertising in Children
Strong empirical evidence shows food marketing promotes excess energy intake and obesity. Yet, not all children are susceptible to its effects and this variability is poorly understood.
- Trial name
- REACH (NCT05073185)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 209 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Parenting, Eating Behavior
Nurturing Needs Study: Parenting Food Motivated Children
High food motivation among children is trait-like and increases risks of unhealthy dietary intake and obesity. Scientific knowledge of how parenting can best support healthy eating habits and growth among children who are…
- Conditions
- Parenting, Eating Behavior, Diet, Healthy, Pediatric Obesity
- Trial name
- NCT06111040
- Testing
- Measurement
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 416 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Temple University
Pediatric Obesity
Monitoring Eating Across Locations (MEAL) - Timing, Intake, and Mealtime Evaluation (TIME)
Increased availability of high-energy dense foods has contributed to a pediatric obesity epidemic, with 23% of United States children currently presenting with the disease.
- Trial name
- MEAL-TIME (NCT07095166)
- Testing
- Meal Location
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Pediatric Obesity, Pediatric Nutrition
Storybook-Based Nutrition Education for Preschoolers
This project aims to design a nutrition-based educational storybook for preschool children and to evaluate its effect on improving general nutrition behaviors and reducing possible picky eating habits.
- Conditions
- Pediatric Obesity, Pediatric Nutrition, Nutrition Education, Nutrition Education Program
- Trial name
- NCT07540234
- Testing
- Behavioral Treatment
- Where
- Turkey (Türkiye)
- Volunteers
- 70 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bahçeşehir University
Exclusive Breast Feeding, Feeding Patterns
SPOON: Sustained Program for Improving Nutrition - Guatemala
The primary goal of this study is to assess the impact of an innovative strategy to prevent undernutrition and obesity in early childhood in children 0-24 months in Guatemala.
- Conditions
- Exclusive Breast Feeding, Feeding Patterns, Stunting, Obesity, Childhood
- Trial name
- NCT03399617
- Testing
- Micronutrient Powders, SPOON behavioral change strategy, SQ-LNS
- Where
- Guatemala
- Volunteers
- 1,280 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Inter-American Development Bank
Fasting, Pediatric ALL
Effect of NPO Time and Type of Food Intake on Preoperative Residual Gastric Content and pH
According to normal physiology, the longer fasting period allows food particles to pass stomach through small intestines to minimize intragastric content.
- Trial name
- NCT03448991
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Boston Children's Hospital
Obesity, Childhood, Eating Behavior
Interoception and Eating Behaviors in Children
The purpose of this study is to examine how individual differences in interoception (the ability to sense, interpret, and act on bodily feelings like hunger, fullness, thirst, hot, cold, etc.) relate to eating behaviors in…
- Trial name
- I-EAT (NCT06504654)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 120 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Penn State University
Diet Habit, Diet, Healthy
The Southern Italian Children, Adolescents and PaRents COhort Study on Nutrition and Health
Childhood obesity is a major public health concern worldwide and parents play a powerful role in children's eating behaviour. Most prior studies analysed parents and children's diet almost exclusively by evaluating food…
- Conditions
- Diet Habit, Diet, Healthy, Child Obesity, Parents
- Trial name
- ICARO (NCT05784376)
- Testing
- Education-based
- Volunteers
- 1,500 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Neuromed IRCCS
Weight Gain
Sleep-Safe: A Strong African American Families Study
Rapid weight gain during infancy is a powerful, and potentially malleable, risk factor for later overweight and obesity, but limited research has examined the impact of promising interventions when applied to the groups most at…
- Trial name
- NCT03505203
- Testing
- Sleep Soothe, Sleep Safe
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 234 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Georgia
Vegetable Acceptance in Early Childhood, Childhood Obesity
Baby's First Bites: Promoting Vegetable Intake in Infants and Toddlers
Overweight and obesity in preschool children is more and more common and predicts overweight in later childhood and adulthood. A healthy eating pattern with many vegetables decreases the risk to develop overweight.
- Conditions
- Vegetable Acceptance in Early Childhood, Childhood Obesity, Childhood Overweight
- Trial name
- NCT03348176
- Testing
- Vegetable exposure, VIPP-Feeding Infants, Control
- Where
- 2 sites in Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 255 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Universiteit Leiden
Eating Disorders Symptoms
Development of Eating Disorders Symptoms Among Children
Randomized Clinical Trial, the research will be composed of two parts in order to examine the research question: a combination of controlled randomized retrospective research and prospective cohort research Prospective Cohort…
- Trial name
- NCT02624713
- Testing
- obesity treatment
- Volunteers
- 159 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Tel Hai College