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Evaluating the Validity and Feasibility of a Smartwatch-based Eating Detection System to Passively and Automatically Detect Eating Events in Child-parent Dyads

Pennington Biomedical Research Center · NCT07290179

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 8–12 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Observational
Target enrollment
35
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
June 10, 2026
Record last updated
June 11, 2026

Status re-checked against ClinicalTrials.gov within the last 12 hours.

What the study is about

This study will test the validity and feasibility of an smartwatch-based system to detect eating and drinking events in both laboratory and free-living conditions.

Being studied: Smartwatch and EMA-based eating behavior tracking

Conditions: Eating Behavior

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Parents or caregivers (18-70 years) who have children aged 8-12 years
  • Child is willing and able to wear smartwatch during school hours (have not restrictions in the school setting)

Exclusion Criteria

  • Any condition or circumstance that could impede study completion
  • Child does not follow a regular eating pattern
  • Child eats less than 1 meal and 1 snack in a day
  • Child is restricted or allergic to the study foods
  • Refusal or unable to use the smartwatch to collect data for the 3-day period in free - living conditions
  • Parental refusal or unable to respond Ecological Momentary Assessment prompts

Recruiting US locations

  • Pennington Biomedical Research Center

    Baton Rouge, LA 70808

    Site contact: Hanim E Diktas, PhD

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Hanim E Diktas, PhD · (225) 763-2832 · hanim.diktas@pbrc.edu
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