Food for Thought: Executive Functioning Around Eating Among Children
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age4-6
SponsorTemple University
About this trial
Scientific knowledge of the cognitive-developmental processes that serve to support children's appetite self-regulation are surprisingly limited. This investigation will provide new scientific directions for obesity prevention by elucidating cognitive-developmental influences on young children's ability to make healthy food choices and eat in moderation.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Child ages 4 to 6 years of age
Caregiver reporting primary responsibility for child feeding outside of childcare
Caregiver legal guardian
Disqualifiers
Caregiver <18 years of age
Child major food allergies
Child medication use, developmental disability, or medical conditions known to affect food intake and/or growth; color blindness
Child in foster care
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Executive functioning observational tasks
Treatment groups
No treatment groups listed
Sponsors and collaborators
Temple University
Lead sponsor
Baylor College of Medicine
Collaborator
University of Nevada, Reno
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov