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NCT Number: NCT01122290

Inducing Children's Emotional Eating

Background: Children's emotional eating is related to greater BMI and less healthy diet but little is known about the early development of this behavior.

Objective: This study aimed to examine the relationships between preschool children's emotional eating and parental feeding practices using experimental manipulation of child mood and food intake in a laboratory setting.

Design: 25 3-5 year old children and their mothers sat together and ate a standard meal to satiety. Mothers completed questionnaires about their feeding practices. Children were assigned to a control or negative mood condition. Children's consumption of snack foods in the absence of hunger was measured.

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Key information

Conditions

Emotional Eating Behaviour Behavior Emotional Eating Feeding Behavior

Age range

3 year–5 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University

Loughborough, Leicestershire, LE11 3TU, United Kingdom

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Child age between 3 years and 5 years
  • No disease/disorder affecting eating
  • No learning disability

Exclusion criteria

  • Any child brought in by a (non-primary care-giving) grandparent
  • Child BMI at extreme of sample
  • Incongruous mood shift to condition
  • Child of non-english speaking/reading parent

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. eating in the absence of hunger

    Time frame: @ 60 minutes into study, at ~4 years of age

    Child's consumption of kcal from snack foods in the absence of hunger

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Birmingham

Other

Collaborators

  • Loughborough University

Registry information

Official study title

Inducing Preschool Children's Emotional Eating: Relationships With Parental Feeding Practices.

Important dates

Study start
2008
Primary completion
2009
Study completion
2009
First posted
May 13, 2010
Registry last updated
May 13, 2010

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