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Nurturing Needs Study: Parenting Food Motivated Children

Temple University · with Baylor College of Medicine, University of Minnesota · NCT06111040

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 4–5 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
416
US sites recruiting
2
Study start
September 7, 2023
Record last updated
November 5, 2025

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What the study is about

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 predisposed to overeating is surprisingly limited. This investigation will identify supportive food parenting approaches for obesity prevention that address the needs of highly food motivated children.

Being studied: Measurement

Conditions: Parenting; Eating Behavior; Diet, Healthy; Pediatric Obesity

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • Child ages 4 or 5 years at baseline;
  • Parent/ primary caregiver with legal representation (having 50% or more custody of child);
  • Parent/primary caregiver reporting primary responsibility for child feeding outside of childcare (being with child when they are eating at least two times daily);
  • Caregiver with a cell phone that can be used to send and receive text messages. If there is more than one age-eligible child in the family, we will ask the caregiver to pick the index child.

Exclusion Criteria

  • Parent/primary caregiver \<18 years of age;
  • Child history of major food allergies (e.g., peanuts);
  • Child medication use (e.g., insulin), developmental disability (e.g., autism) or medical condition(s) (e.g., diabetes) known to affect food intake and growth;
  • Foster child.

Recruiting US locations

  • Temple University - Center for Obesity Research and Education

    Philadelphia, PA 19140

    Site contact: Christina Croce, MS · 267-428-7893 · nurturingneeds@temple.edu

  • USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center

    Houston, TX 77030

    Site contact: Nilda Micheli, BS · 713-798-6737 · nildam@bcm.edu

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Christina Croce, MS · 215-707-8672 · christina.croce@temple.edu
  • Nilda Micheli, BS · 713-798-6737 · nildam@bcm.edu
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