The purpose of this randomized controlled trial is to conduct an intervention aimed at providing first-time parents with information on the conduct of complementary feeding through a paper brochure and a smartphone application, to test the effect of this intervention (compared to usual care, i.e. receiving the paper brochure only), on infant corpulence at 36 and 48 months of age, and parental feeding practices and infant eating behavior up to 36 months of age.
first-time parents
child age is between 1 and 54 days
parents living in Dijon and its surroundings (~ 70 km around Dijon)
parents who master enough the french language to understand and answer self-reported questionnaires
no affiliation to a social security scheme
parents of a child born before 31 weeks of amenorrhea
parents of a child presenting since birth with pathologies likely to have a strong impact on his diet or his feeding habits (allergy to cow's milk proteins, feeding through a nasogastric tube or gastrostomy, congenital defect of the digestive tract, oral feeding disorders)
parents of a child with a multiple pregnancy (≥ 3 children).
Institut National de Recherche pour l'Agriculture, l'Alimentation et l'Environnement
Lead sponsor
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Dijon
Collaborator
Institut de Recherche en Santé Publique, France
Collaborator
Institut National de la Santé Et de la Recherche Médicale, France
Collaborator
University of Burgundy
Collaborator