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NCT07229508Recruiting

Developmental Trajectories of Reinforcer Pathology and Childhood Obesity

Trajectories of Reinforcement, Activity, and Consumption in Kids

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 17 Nov 2025

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The goal of this observational study is to understand how children's food preferences, physical activity, and decision-making change over time and how these behaviors relate to body weight and overall health.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
250 (estimated)
First submitted
24 Oct 2025
Start date
6 Nov 2025
Primary completion date
1 Oct 2030
Lead sponsor
State University of New York at Buffalo
Diseases
Obesity
NCT number
NCT07229508

What you commit to

  • Study type: Observational
  • Planned participants: 250
  • From 6 Nov 2025 to the primary completion date, 1 Oct 2030
  • 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

  • Medication use that affects activity or appetite

Other illness

  • Dietary restrictions and food allergies

Other

  • Medical causes for obesity
  • Stature below the 5th percentile
  • Physical activity restrictions
  • Psychopathology
  • Children that spend less than 65% of their time in participating parent's household
  • BMI percentile criteria
  • Liking of study foods and activities

Who the study is looking for

  • Male and female children
  • Black, Indigenous, and People of Color (BIPOC) or Hispanic families
  • Children from low SES families (as defined by household education, eligibility for government assistance)
  • Children in overweight/obese category (defined by range in each cohort)

Age in the registry: 8 years to 11 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (1)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
State University of New York at Buffalo
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BuffaloUnited StatesRecruiting

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