NCT05073185Completed

Resilience to the Effects of Advertising in Children

Characterizing Resilience to Food-cue Induced Overeating in Children

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 26 Aug 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

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. Identifying sources of this variability is a public health priority not only because it may elucidate characteristics of children who are most susceptible, but also because it may highlight novel sources of resiliency to overconsumption. The proposed research will use state-of-the art, data-driven approaches to identify neural, cognitive and behavioral phenotypes associated with resiliency to food-cue (i.e. food advertisement) induced overeating and determine whether these phenotypes protect children from weight gain during the critical pre-adolescent period.

Status (registry): Completed
Study type: Observational
Enrollment: 209 (actual)
First submitted: 4 Aug 2021
Start date: 1 May 2022
Primary completion date: 30 Jul 2026
Lead sponsor: Penn State University
Diseases: Obesity
NCT number: NCT05073185

What you commit to

Study type: Observational
Participants enrolled: 209
From 1 May 2022 to the primary completion date, 30 Jul 2026
1 site in 1 country
Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Prior treatment

if they have tattoos, permanent makeup, dental ware, pacemakers, or metal implants that would preclude safe completion of the MRI.
if the child has had an X-ray in the month prior to Visits 1 and 6. If so, they will be scheduled at a later date.
- Parent Exclusion Criteria:

Other illness

If they are taking cold or allergy medication, or other medications known to influence cognitive function, taste, appetite, or blood flow.
if they have a learning disability, ADD/ADHD, language delays, autism or other neurological or psychological conditions.
if they have a pre-existing medical condition such as type I or type II diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis, Cushing's syndrome, Down's syndrome, food allergies, severe lactose intolerance, Prader-Willi syndrome, HIV, cancer, renal failure, or cerebral palsy.
if they are allergic to foods or ingredients used in the study.

Age

They are not within the age requirements (\< than 7 years old or \> than 9 years-old at baseline).

Other

Children would be excluded if:
If they don't speak English.
If they are colorblind
If they report being claustrophobic.
if the biological mother has a body mass index \< 18.5 kg/m2
if the mother is between 25-30 kg/m2.
if the parent is unable to attend the study visits
if the family reports plans to move away from the area in the next year.

Criteria the registry did not label

Child Inclusion Criteria:
In order to be enrolled, children must be of good health based on parental self-report.
Have no learning disabilities (e.g., ADHD).
Have no allergies to the foods or ingredients used in the study.
Not be claustrophobic.
Not be taking any medications known to influence body weight, taste, food intake, behavior, or blood flow.
Be 7-9 years-old at enrollment.
The child must speak English.
- Parent Inclusion Criteria:
The parent who has the most knowledge of the child's eating behavior, media access, sleep and behavior must be available to attend the visits with their child. This would be decided among the parents.
The biological mother must have a body mass index either between 18.5 - 25 kg/m2 (low-risk group) or greater than or equal to 30 kg/m2 (high-risk group). One parent can report on both parents' BW and height.

Age in the registry: 7 years to 9 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.

Site	City	Country	Site status
The Pennsylvania State University Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status	University Park	United States	Unknown status

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