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Food Genetics Behavior Study

NCT05783765 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 242

Last updated 2025-10-30

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Summary

A genetic risk for obesity does not always translate to the development of obesity among children, which points to the presence of risk-modifying factors that likely relate to energy balance behaviors as key behavioral drivers. Using an integrated approach to comprehensively examine the interplay between genotype and phenotype, this study will systematically assess the extent to which energy balance behaviors, alone or in combination, in conjunction with family-level influences can modify behavioral and genetic predispositions to childhood obesity in a high-risk sample of predominantly minority children from low-resource backgrounds. Identifying protective factors that may mitigate the impact of obesity risk on weight and adiposity outcomes is critical for moving the prevention of childhood obesity into a new direction.

Conditions

  • Obesity, Childhood

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Heightened Drive to Eat

Participants' eating rate and eating in the absence of hunger will be assessed during a videotaped experimental meal. The relative reinforcing value of food will be assessed using a computerized behavioral choice task.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-07-26
Primary Completion
2027-10-31
Completion
2027-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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