NCT06981429Completed
A Positive Food Parenting Intervention to Promote Healthy Growth in Children at Risk for Obesity
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 13 Jul 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
This study is the pilot of a 12 - week positive food parenting intervention focused on structure-based and autonomy promoting practices. The intervention aims to give parents the tools to promote healthy child growth and improve diet quality. The investigators are piloting to assess feasibility and efficacy of the intervention through examining participant retention, impact on parent feeding practices, and impact on parent and child diet quality.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 38 (actual)
- First submitted
- 6 May 2025
- Start date
- 19 May 2025
- Primary completion date
- 16 Jun 2026
- Lead sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT06981429
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 38
- From 19 May 2025 to the primary completion date, 16 Jun 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
Copied verbatim from ClinicalTrials.gov and grouped by topic. Only the trial team decides who can take part.
Prior treatment
- On medication that could influence their eating or feeding behaviors.
- CHILD CRITERIA:
Other illness
- Current diagnosis of a clinical eating disorder (ED)
- Medications or conditions that could influence the child's taste, appetite, or olfactory sensory responsiveness.
Age
- Age is \< 18 years old. Their child is determined ineligible (based on BMI percentile and age).
- Below the age of 5 and above the age of 11.
Other
- Does not report low use of positive food parenting (as defined above).
- Is responsible for feeding their eligible child \< 50% of the time.
- Not fluent in English.
- Does not have access to internet and a Zoom compatible device.
- Their parent/ guardian is not eligible nor participating in the study.
- BMI percentile \< 85th and/or \> 97th.
Who the study is looking for
- Age \> 18 years old.
- Have a child between the ages of 5 - 11 who is at risk for obesity (child BMI percentile \> 85th) or parent it concerned about their child developing overweight or obesity
- Low use of positive food parenting (Defined as: low reports of individual nutrition education/ knowledge OR reports low levels of structure, involvement, or encouragement in their food parenting practices)
- Must be responsible for feeding their eligible child at least 50% of the time.
- Fluent in English.
- Have access to internet and a Zoom compatible device.
- Their parent/ guardian is eligible and participating in the study.
- Ages 5 - 11
- Is not current diagnosed with a clinical eating disorder (ED).
- Is not on any medications, or have any conditions, that could influence the child's taste, appetite, or olfactory sensory responsiveness.
Criteria the registry did not label
- PARENT CRITERIA:
Age in the registry: 5 years to - · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| State University of New York at Buffalo, South Campus Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Buffalo | United States | Unknown status |
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