Prevention of Overfeeding During Infancy

The overall goal of this project is to identify strategies to prevent overfeeding during infancy. One objective is to evaluate the impact on intake of allowing the infant greater control over the amount consumed when feeding from a bottle. This will be accomplished via the use of a novel nipple that mimics (functionally) the nipple of a human breast and allows the infant to self-regulate milk flow. The second objective is to evaluate the relationship between parental feeding styles and infant intake.

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Key information

Conditions

Obesity Body Weight Nutrition Disorders Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases Overnutrition Overweight Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

Up to 3 month

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Phase 2

Primary location

University of California, Davis Medical Center

Sacramento, California, 95817, United States

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

Infant born at > 37 weeks gestation
Infant weighed >2500 g at birth
Infant is apparently healthy
Mother speaks English
Mother is 18 years of age or older
Mother/infant pair lives within a 10-mile radius around the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento, CA
Mother plans to use a bottle (at least occasionally) to feed her infant before he/she is 3 months old.

Treatment and study plan

Use of baby bottle nipple

Behavioral

Participants will be assigned to either a novel nipple or a conventional nipple to use when feeding their infants with the bottle

Primary outcomes

Intake

Time frame: per feed

Secondary outcomes

Growth

Time frame: 4 months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of California, Davis

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2010
Primary completion: 2011
Study completion: 2012
First posted: Jan 7, 2010
Registry last updated: Aug 24, 2012

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