Actively Recruiting
Food Genetics Behavior Study
Led by University of Pennsylvania · Updated on 2025-10-30
242
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
222 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
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
Official Title
Food Genetics Behavior Study
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Healthy children
- Children ages 5-7 years
- Children with BMI equal to or greater than 5th percentile
- Mother must be children's biological mother and primary caregiver
- Mother must be able to read and understand English
You will not qualify if you...
- Children with serious medical conditions or medication use known to affect food intake, body weight, physical activity, or sleep
- Children with developmental and/or psychiatric conditions that may impact study compliance
- Children with food allergies related to study foods or lactose intolerance
- Children with low preference for study foods
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
Penn Medicine Center for Weight and Eating Disorders
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States, 19104
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Research Team
Z
Zenas Okero
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
NA
Model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Purpose
PREVENTION
Number of Arms
1
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