N/A
Completed N=71
Learning to Love Mealtime Together
Infant Obesity · Parenting · Feeding Behavior
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov NCT04502979 ↗
Enrolled (actual)
71
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Sep 2020
Primary outcomePrimary: Infant Weight-for-Length Z Scores — 0.43; 0.12 z-score — p=0.07
Summary
Infancy is an important target period for obesity prevention because once obese as an infant, the relative risk of remaining obese appears to rise with increasing age at great cost to both individuals and society. The ability to self-regulate energy intake (eating when hungry and stopping when full) is vital to obesity prevention and it is thought that this ability can be derailed by a chronic mismatch between parental feeding behavior and the infant's state (feeding in the absence of hunger and/or feeding beyond fullness). The study will test a novel intervention to help parents and pre-verbal infants better understand one another during feeding and it will offer new insight into how self-regulation of energy intake develops during infancy.
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY Infant Weight-for-Length Z Scores |
0.43; 0.12 | 0.07 |
| SECONDARY Mean Infant Caloric Intake Compared to Estimated Energy Requirements |
120.90; 242.06 | 0.04 sig |
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
Parent Inclusion:
- Must be able to read, understand, and speak English or Spanish and be willing to be randomized and participate in data collection.
- Those who are randomized into the experimental group must also be willing to learn ASL specific to communication of hunger, thirst, and fullness.
Infant Inclusion:
- Aged at least 3 months at the time of recruitment
Exclusion Criteria
Parent Exclusion:
- > 50 years of age
Infant Exclusion:
- Aged more than 9 months at the time of recruitment
- born more than 6 weeks earlier than their estimated due date,
- have any developmental delays or disabilities that make it difficult for them to eat, drink, or communicate,
- attend regular daycare,
- will be younger than 4 months or older than 9 months at the time of the first ASL training.
Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT04502979). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication. Informational only — not medical advice.