NCT05783765Active, not recruiting
Food Genetics Behavior Study
Role of Energy Balance Behaviors in Modifying Biobehavioral Risk Factors for Childhood Obesity
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 14 Oct 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
A genetic risk for obesity does not always translate to the development of obesity among children, which points to the presence of risk-modifying factors that likely relate to energy balance behaviors as key behavioral drivers. Using an integrated approach to comprehensively examine the interplay between genotype and phenotype, this study will systematically assess the extent to which energy balance behaviors, alone or in combination, in conjunction with family-level influences can modify behavioral and genetic predispositions to childhood obesity in a high-risk sample of predominantly minority children from low-resource backgrounds. Identifying protective factors that may mitigate the impact of obesity risk on weight and adiposity outcomes is critical for moving the prevention of childhood obesity into a new direction.
- Status (registry)
- Active, not recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 317 (actual)
- First submitted
- 13 Mar 2023
- Start date
- 26 Jul 2023
- Primary completion date
- 31 Oct 2027
- Lead sponsor
- University of Pennsylvania
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT05783765
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 317
- From 26 Jul 2023 to the primary completion date, 31 Oct 2027
- 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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Other illness
- Children with serious medical conditions or medication use known to affect food intake, body weight, physical activity, or sleep
- Children with developmental and/or psychiatric conditions that may impact study compliance
- Children with food allergies related to study foods or lactose intolerance
Other
- Children with low preference for study foods
Who the study is looking for
- Healthy children
- Children ages 5-7 years
- Children with BMI equal to or greater 5th percentile
- Mother must be children's biological mother and primary caregiver
- Mother must be able to read and understand English
Age in the registry: 5 years to 7 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Philadelphia | United States | Unknown status |
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