Inducing Children's Emotional Eating

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

64 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2008-05-31

Study Completion Date

2009-06-30

Brief Summary

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Background: Children's emotional eating is related to greater BMI and less healthy diet but little is known about the early development of this behavior.

Objective: This study aimed to examine the relationships between preschool children's emotional eating and parental feeding practices using experimental manipulation of child mood and food intake in a laboratory setting.

Design: 25 3-5 year old children and their mothers sat together and ate a standard meal to satiety. Mothers completed questionnaires about their feeding practices. Children were assigned to a control or negative mood condition. Children's consumption of snack foods in the absence of hunger was measured.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Emotional Eating Behaviour

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

ECOLOGIC_OR_COMMUNITY

Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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negative emotion

Children experienced induction of mild negative emotion through a jigsaw with a missing piece (negative emotion group)

No interventions assigned to this group

neutral emotion

Vs. Same task with No missing piece (neutral emotion).

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Child age between 3 years and 5 years
* No disease/disorder affecting eating
* No learning disability

Exclusion Criteria

* Any child brought in by a (non-primary care-giving) grandparent
* Child BMI at extreme of sample
* Incongruous mood shift to condition
* Child of non-english speaking/reading parent

Minimum Eligible Age

3 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

5 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes