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Maternal and Infant Growth Study

NCT02893319 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 115

Last updated 2018-10-11

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Rapid growth early in infancy is a risk factor for obesity and cardiovascular disease later in the lifespan. Evidence is limited, but both pre- and postnatal factors are associated with early rapid growth, and include high maternal BMI prior to pregnancy and excessive gestational weight gain. This research focuses on aspects of early feeding as potentially modifiable factor affecting early infant weight gain. Formula feeding mothers are randomized to receive either 5 oz of 8 oz bottles to use in feeding their infants from 2- to 16 weeks postpartum. In addition, a reference group of exclusively breastfeeding mother-infant dyads are also included. The hypothesis is that differences in feeding practices will be associated with differences in growth and that infants randomized to be fed from smaller bottles will grow more slowly that those randomized to larger bottles. Growth patterns of formula fed infants will also be compared to those of exclusively breastfed infants.

Conditions

  • Maternal Behavior
  • Body Weight
  • Infant Behavior

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Feeding and growth differences, 5oz vs 8oz bottle

Group A: 5oz bottle Group B: 8oz bottle

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Leann Birch

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Leann L Birch, PhD · The University of Georgia

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
45 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-06-30
Primary Completion
2016-07-31
Completion
2018-07-31

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