RecruitingNot ApplicableNCT06981429

A Positive Food Parenting Intervention to Promote Healthy Growth in Children at Risk for Obesity

Sponsor

State University of New York at Buffalo

Enrollment

36 participants

Start Date

May 19, 2025

Study Type

INTERVENTIONAL

Conditions

Pediatric Obesity Nutrition Disorder

Summary

This study is the pilot of a 12 - week positive food parenting intervention focused on structure-based and autonomy promoting practices. The intervention aims to give parents the tools to promote healthy child growth and improve diet quality. The investigators are piloting to assess feasibility and efficacy of the intervention through examining participant retention, impact on parent feeding practices, and impact on parent and child diet quality.

Eligibility

Min Age: 5 Years

Inclusion Criteria11

PARENT CRITERIA:
Age > 18 years old.
Have a child between the ages of 5 - 11 who is at risk for obesity (child BMI percentile > 85th) or parent it concerned about their child developing overweight or obesity
Low use of positive food parenting (Defined as: low reports of individual nutrition education/ knowledge OR reports low levels of structure, involvement, or encouragement in their food parenting practices)
Must be responsible for feeding their eligible child at least 50% of the time.
Fluent in English.
Have access to internet and a Zoom compatible device.
Their parent/ guardian is eligible and participating in the study.
Ages 5 - 11
Is not current diagnosed with a clinical eating disorder (ED).
Is not on any medications, or have any conditions, that could influence the child's taste, appetite, or olfactory sensory responsiveness.

Exclusion Criteria12

Age is < 18 years old. Their child is determined ineligible (based on BMI percentile and age).
Does not report low use of positive food parenting (as defined above).
Is responsible for feeding their eligible child < 50% of the time.
Not fluent in English.
Does not have access to internet and a Zoom compatible device.
On medication that could influence their eating or feeding behaviors.
CHILD CRITERIA:
Their parent/ guardian is not eligible nor participating in the study.
Below the age of 5 and above the age of 11.
BMI percentile < 85th and/or > 97th.
Current diagnosis of a clinical eating disorder (ED)
Medications or conditions that could influence the child's taste, appetite, or olfactory sensory responsiveness.

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Interventions

BEHAVIORALNourish to Flourish: The Power of Positive Food Parenting

This intervention focuses on increasing diet quality and parent use of positive food parenting practices with the goal of promoting healthy child growth). This will be a 12 - week, 12 session study. Sessions 1 and 12 will consist of collection baseline and post-intervention data. Sessions 2 - 11 will be a mix of online - group sessions and individual online or in - person sessions (based on participant preference). The group sessions are focused on principal investigator presentation of the intervention curriculum and group discussion. The individual sessions are focused on goal setting, coping planning, and working through individual situations with a trained coach.