Food for Thought: Executive Functioning Around Eating Among Children

Part of paid clinical trials in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Sponsor
Temple University
Study ID
NCT06108128
Status
Recruiting
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Conditions

  • Appetitive Behavior
  • Child Obesity
  • Eating Behavior
  • Self-regulation

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
4 Years - 6 Years
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Executive functioning observational tasks — OTHER
    Interventions take place solely at the measurement level, where children will be seen in observational tasks of general executive functioning and executive functioning around eating in which various food and non-food stimuli are presented and children's responses to task instructions are recorded.

Study Details

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.

Key Dates

Start date
Oct 5, 2023
Status verified
Apr 2025
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2025
Completion
Dec 31, 2025

Study Design

Enrollment
125 participants (estimated)
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
OTHER

Primary Outcome Measure

Food choice [ Time Frame: Assessed at 1 of 2 study visits over 2 weeks ]

Central Contacts

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Temple UniversityPhiladelphiaPennsylvania19140
Christina Croce, MS
[email protected]
215-707-8672

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