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Nurturing Needs Study: Parenting Food Motivated Children

Deconstructing Food Parenting Approaches to Obesity Prevention for the Highly Food Motivated Child

Who can join

Ages 4 to 5 · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Child ages 4 or 5 years at baseline;
2. Parent/ primary caregiver with legal representation (having 50% or more custody of child);
3. Parent/primary caregiver reporting primary responsibility for child feeding outside of childcare (being with child when they are eating at least two times daily);
4. Caregiver with a cell phone that can be used to send and receive text messages. If there is more than one age-eligible child in the family, we will ask the caregiver to pick the index child.

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Parent/primary caregiver \<18 years of age;
2. Child history of major food allergies (e.g., peanuts);
3. Child medication use (e.g., insulin), developmental disability (e.g., autism) or medical condition(s) (e.g., diabetes) known to affect food intake and growth;
4. Foster child.

About the study

High food motivation among children is trait-like and increases risks of unhealthy dietary intake and obesity. Scientific knowledge of how parenting can best support healthy eating habits and growth among children who are predisposed to overeating is surprisingly limited. This investigation will identify supportive food parenting approaches for obesity prevention that address the needs of highly food motivated children.

What is being tested

• Measurement (other)

Sponsor: Temple University · Participants: 416 · Started: Sep 7, 2023

Contact the study team

• Christina Croce, MS · Phone: 215-707-8672
• Nilda Micheli, BS · Phone: 713-798-6737

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT06111040

Locations in the U.S.

Conditions

• Obesity in Children

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.