Influence of Parents and Friends on Children and Adolescents
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Purpose
The objective of this study is to directly compare the effects of parents and friends on overweight and non-overweight children and adolescents' food intake and food selection using a cross-sectional design. Overweight and non-overweight children (5-6 year-old) and adolescents (13-14 year-old) will share a meal with a friend and with a parent on separate occasions. Participants' food selection and the amount of food they consumed will be compared across conditions.
Hypothesis 1: The investigators hypothesize that overweight children and adolescents will select more unhealthy food items and eat more in the presence of an overweight friend than when eating with a lean friend; whereas lean participants eating with an overweight friend will eat a similar amount of food than lean youth eating with a lean friend.
Hypothesis 2: The investigators predict that overweight children and adolescents (but not lean children and teens) will consume more food in the presence of their mother than in the presence of a friend.
Hypothesis 3: The investigators also predict that overweight youth's energy intake will be related to parental prompts.
Hypothesis 4: The investigators expect greater similarities in terms of food selection and food intake between adolescents and their friend than between adolescents and their parent.
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Healthy |
| Study Type: | Observational |
| Official Title: | Influence of Parents and Friends on Children and Adolescents |
- amount of food consumed [ Time Frame: Measured once with a friend and once with a mother, both occurring within a week of each other. ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]
| Estimated Enrollment: | 40 |
| Study Start Date: | January 2009 |
| Study Completion Date: | June 2010 |
| Primary Completion Date: | June 2010 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure) |
Eligibility| Ages Eligible for Study: | 5 Years to 14 Years |
| Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
| Sampling Method: | Probability Sample |
Boys and girls ages 5-6 yrs and 12-14 yrs and their mothers.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Boys and girls ages 5-6 yrs and 12-14 yrs and their mothers
- Children must have a BMI greater than or equal to 15th percentile for their age
- Children and their mothers must have at least a moderate liking of the study foods used
Exclusion Criteria:
- Participants should not have any food allergies
- Participants should have no dietary restraints
- Participants should have no psychopathology that can limit food choice and alter eating
- Participants should have no developmental disabilities that can limit food choice and alter eating
- Participants cannot have a cold or upper respiratory distress that could influence taste, appetite or olfactory sensory responsiveness
- Participants cannot be on any medications that could influence taste, appetite or olfactory sensory responsiveness
Contacts and Locations| United States, New York | |
| University at Buffalo, Division of Behavioral Medicine | |
| Buffalo, New York, United States, 14214 | |
| Principal Investigator: | Sarah J Salvy, Ph.D. | University at Buffalo |
More Information
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Additional publications automatically indexed to this study by ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier (NCT Number):
| Responsible Party: | Sarah-Jeanne Salvy, Ph.D., University at Buffalo |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00875576 History of Changes |
| Other Study ID Numbers: | DB# 2354 |
| Study First Received: | April 2, 2009 |
| Last Updated: | June 25, 2010 |
| Health Authority: | United States: Institutional Review Board |
Keywords provided by University at Buffalo:
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social influences meals obesity amount of food consumed |
ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 22, 2013