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Evaluating the Validity and Feasibility of a Smartwatch-based Eating Detection System to Passively and Automatically Detect Eating Events in Child-parent Dyads

Who can join

Ages 8 to 12 · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome

Inclusion Criteria:

* Parents or caregivers (18-70 years) who have children aged 8-12 years
* Child is willing and able to wear smartwatch during school hours (have not restrictions in the school setting)

Exclusion Criteria:

* Any condition or circumstance that could impede study completion
* Child does not follow a regular eating pattern
* Child eats less than 1 meal and 1 snack in a day
* Child is restricted or allergic to the study foods
* Refusal or unable to use the smartwatch to collect data for the 3-day period in free - living conditions
* Parental refusal or unable to respond Ecological Momentary Assessment prompts

About the study

This study will test the validity and feasibility of an smartwatch-based system to detect eating and drinking events in both laboratory and free-living conditions.

What is being tested

• Smartwatch and EMA-based eating behavior tracking (other)

Sponsor: Pennington Biomedical Research Center · Participants: 35 · Started: Jun 10, 2026

Contact the study team

• Hanim E Diktas, PhD · Phone: (225) 763-2832

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT07290179

Locations in the U.S.

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Oct 2, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.