Monitoring Eating Across Locations (MEAL) - Timing, Intake, and Mealtime Evaluation (TIME)
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Pediatric Obesity
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
Healthy Volunteers Welcome
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
At a Glance
- Age
- 6 – 9
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Basic Science
- Participants needed
- 100 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Penn State University · Other
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About This Trial
Increased availability of high-energy dense foods has contributed to a pediatric obesity epidemic, with 23% of United States children currently presenting with the disease. How children eat contributes to both overconsumption and greater adiposity. However, it is unclear if laboratory measures of children's eating style generalize to the home environment, where children consume two thirds of their…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* children must be between the ages of 6-9 years-old
* children are of good health with no learning disabilities (e.g., ADHD, determined by parent report)
* children are not on any medications known to impact body weight, taste, food intake, behavior, or blood flow
* parents rep…
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