Imitation of Food Intake and Choices in Children.
- Conditions
- Half of the research sample is overweight.
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON23385
- Lead Sponsor
- o sponsor
- Brief Summary
/A
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Pending
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 485
Inclusion Criteria
1. The schools and parents/caretakers are fully informed and have to have given active consent;
2. The participants are normal or overweight boys and girls between 8 and 13 years.
Exclusion Criteria
All preadolescents who are underweight or have dietary constraints (e.g. diabetes, food allergy or intolerance) are excluded from this study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The primary outcome that is investigated is whether there is a difference in imitation and eating behavior between normal and overweight boys and girls. Also, the role of peers with regard to body weight and eating behaviour is investigated.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method The secondary outcome is whether the behavior of the primary outcome will be related to the preadolescent's body weight one and two years later.