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The Play With Me Study

NCT04280198 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 33

Last updated 2022-08-09

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Summary

The obesity epidemic continues to be a major public health concern, with 38% of US adults and 17% of children obese. One factor that has been highlighted as a robust predictor of weight outcomes is the relative reinforcing value (RRV) of food, or how rewarding one finds eating compared to alternative activities. An emerging body of literature has built upon the observed relationship between the RRV of food and weight by hypothesizing that the promotion of alternative reinforcers, or rewarding activities that could take the place of eating, offers a novel approach to decreasing excess energy intake and combatting obesity. We aim to integrate distinct bodies of literature and fill a gap in the evidence by testing whether parenting intervention messages delivered and practiced in the context of shared activities can decrease the RRV of food by making parent-child interactions more rewarding. The ultimate goal of this research is to demonstrate that such an intervention can increase children's motivation to interact with their parent instead of eating a favorite food, demonstrating the potential for positive parent-child interactions to become an alternative source of pleasure.

Conditions

  • High Food Reinforcement
  • Overeating
  • Obesity, Childhood

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Triple P Parenting Videos

Four video clips from the online Triple P Parenting program will be used to promote specific positive parenting practices.

BEHAVIORAL

Activity Boxes

There will be about 4 planned activities per week within activity boxes provided to families. The activities will be a context in which the positive parenting behaviors can be practiced. Each activity will take about 15 minutes. Families can pick each week whether they'd like their parenting practice to be embedded in reading activities, nature walks/active games, or arts and crafts. Instructions will be included with each activity, including prompts to allow the parent to apply learnings from that week's parenting video and to allow interactions to be child-led.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • State University of New York at Buffalo

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Stephanie Anzman-Frasca, PhD · State University of New York at Buffalo

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-02-26
Primary Completion
2022-05-18
Completion
2022-06-20

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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