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Inducing Children's Emotional Eating

NCT01122290 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 64

Last updated 2010-05-13

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Summary

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.

Conditions

  • Emotional Eating Behaviour

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Loughborough University

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Birmingham

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Years
Max Age
5 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-05-31
Primary Completion
2009-06-30
Completion
2009-06-30

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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