Pediatric ObesityNCT06981429
A Positive Food Parenting Intervention to Promote Healthy Growth in Children at Risk for Obesity
A study testing Nourish to Flourish: The Power of Positive Food Parenting in people with Pediatric Obesity and Nutrition Disorder, run by State University of New York at Buffalo at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
This study is the pilot of a 12 - week positive food parenting intervention focused on structure-based and autonomy promoting practices. The intervention aims to give parents the tools to promote healthy child growth and improve diet quality. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 5 years and olderHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Pediatric Obesity, Nutrition Disorder
- What is being tested?
- Nourish to Flourish: The Power of Positive Food Parenting
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 38 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 19 May 2025to 16 Jun 2026
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 5 years and older
- All sexes
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Who may be able to join
- Age > 18 years old.
- Have a child between the ages of 5 - 11 who is at risk for obesity (child BMI percentile > 85th) or parent it concerned about their child developing overweight or obesity
- Low use of positive food parenting (Defined as: low reports of individual nutrition education/ knowledge OR reports low levels of structure, involvement, or encouragement in their food parenting practices)
- Must be responsible for feeding their eligible child at least 50% of the time.
- Fluent in English.
- Have access to internet and a Zoom compatible device.
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- Their parent/ guardian is eligible and participating in the study.
- Ages 5 - 11
- Is not current diagnosed with a clinical eating disorder (ED).
- Is not on any medications, or have any conditions, that could influence the child's taste, appetite, or olfactory sensory responsiveness.
Who cannot join
- Age is < 18 years old. Their child is determined ineligible (based on BMI percentile and age).
- Does not report low use of positive food parenting (as defined above).
- Is responsible for feeding their eligible child < 50% of the time.
- Not fluent in English.
- Does not have access to internet and a Zoom compatible device.
- On medication that could influence their eating or feeding behaviors.
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- CHILD CRITERIA:
- Their parent/ guardian is not eligible nor participating in the study.
- Below the age of 5 and above the age of 11.
- BMI percentile < 85th and/or > 97th.
- Current diagnosis of a clinical eating disorder (ED)
- Medications or conditions that could influence the child's taste, appetite, or olfactory sensory responsiveness.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
State University of New York at Buffalo, South Campus
Buffalo, New York, 14214
About this study
This study is the pilot of a 12 - week positive food parenting intervention focused on structure-based and autonomy promoting practices. The intervention aims to give parents the tools to promote healthy child growth and improve diet quality. The investigators are piloting to assess feasibility and efficacy of the intervention through examining participant retention, impact on parent feeding practices, and impact on parent and child diet quality.
- Conditions
- Pediatric Obesity, Nutrition Disorder
- Being tested
- Nourish to Flourish: The Power of Positive Food Parenting
- Keywords
- children, parenting, parent feeding practices, food parenting, obesity risk, positive food parenting, autonomy promotion, structure - based food parenting
- Medical subject headings
- Pediatric Obesity, Nutrition Disorders
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Nourish to Flourish: The Power of Positive Food ParentingBehavioural
This intervention focuses on increasing diet quality and parent use of positive food parenting practices with the goal of promoting healthy child growth). This will be a 12 - week, 12 session study. Sessions 1 and 12 will consist of collection baseline and post-intervention data. Sessions 2 - 11 will be a mix of online - group sessions and individual online or in - person sessions (based on participant preference). The group sessions are focused on principal investigator presentation of the intervention curriculum and group discussion. The individual sessions are focused on goal setting, coping planning, and working through individual situations with a trained coach.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Experimental Group - Positive Food Parenting Intervention | Experimental | Participants randomly assigned to the experimental group. Receives: Behavioral: Nourish to Flourish: The Power of Positive Food Parenting |
| Control Group | No intervention | Participants randomly assigned to the control group. |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Parent use of structure - based and autonomy - promoting parent feeding practices.
Compare responses to validated questionnaires measuring food parenting practices from session 1 to session 12.
Measured: Session 1 (week 1) to Session 12 (week 12)
Parent and Child Diet Quality
Compare change in parent and child healthy eating index (HEI) from session 1 to session 12. The healthy eating index (HEI) is a measure of how a participants diet aligns with the recommendations by the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (Dietary Guidelines). Possible scores range from 0 (does not align at all with recommendations by the Dietary Guidelines for Americans) to 100 (perfectly aligns with recommendations by the Dietary Guidelines for Americans). Higher scores mean a better outcome.
Measured: Session 1 (week 1) and Session 12 (week 12)
Parent BMI and Child zBMI
Change in parent BMI and child zBMI from session 1 to session 12.
Measured: Session 1 (week 1) and Session 12 (week 12)
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted20 May 2025
- Study start19 May 2025
- Primary completion16 Jun 2026
- Study completion16 Jun 2026
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Pediatric ObesityStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by State University of New York at BuffaloThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Model description
- Participants will either be assigned to the control group or the experimental group. The control group will participate in a 10 - session 'promoting healthy development in middle childhood' program. The experimental group will be receiving the intervention.
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 38 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- State University of New York at Buffalo
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Katherine Balantekin, State University of New York at Buffalo
- Investigators
- Katherine N Balantekin, PhD, RD, Principal investigator, Assistant Professor, University at Buffalo
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06981429
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- STUDY00008522
- Other IDs
- R03DK138232
- Status last verified
- Jul 2026
- First submitted
- 6 May 2025
- Last updated
- 13 Jul 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Undecided
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 13 Jul 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- A Positive Food Parenting Intervention to Promote Healthy Growth in Children at Risk for Obesity
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT06981429
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- STUDY00008522
- Conditions
- Pediatric Obesity, Nutrition Disorder
- Keywords
- children, parenting, parent feeding practices, food parenting, obesity risk, positive food parenting, autonomy promotion, structure - based food parenting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 38 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- State University of New York at BuffaloUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
- Study start
- 19 May 2025 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 16 Jun 2026 (actual)
- Study completion
- 16 Jun 2026 (actual)
- First posted
- 20 May 2025 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
This study is the pilot of a 12 - week positive food parenting intervention focused on structure-based and autonomy promoting practices. The intervention aims to give parents the tools to promote healthy child growth and improve diet quality. The investigators are piloting to assess feasibility and efficacy of the intervention through examining participant retention, impact on parent feeding practices, and impact on parent and child diet quality.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (outcomes assessor)
- Number of arms
- 2
- Model description
- Participants will either be assigned to the control group or the experimental group. The control group will participate in a 10 - session 'promoting healthy development in middle childhood' program. The experimental group will be receiving the intervention.
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Experimental Group - Positive Food Parenting Intervention | Experimental | Behavioral: Nourish to Flourish: The Power of Positive Food ParentingParticipants randomly assigned to the experimental group. |
| Control Group | No intervention | –Participants randomly assigned to the control group. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 5 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child, Adult, Older adult
Key inclusion criteria (10 listed)
- Age > 18 years old.
- Have a child between the ages of 5 - 11 who is at risk for obesity (child BMI percentile > 85th) or parent it concerned about their child developing overweight or obesity
- Low use of positive food parenting (Defined as: low reports of individual nutrition education/ knowledge OR reports low levels of structure, involvement, or encouragement in their food parenting practices)
- Must be responsible for feeding their eligible child at least 50% of the time.
- Fluent in English.
Key exclusion criteria (12 listed)
- Age is < 18 years old. Their child is determined ineligible (based on BMI percentile and age).
- Does not report low use of positive food parenting (as defined above).
- Is responsible for feeding their eligible child < 50% of the time.
- Not fluent in English.
- Does not have access to internet and a Zoom compatible device.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Nourish to Flourish: The Power of Positive Food ParentingThis intervention focuses on increasing diet quality and parent use of positive food parenting practices with the goal of promoting healthy child growth). This will be a 12 - week, 12 session study. Sessions 1 and 12 will consist of collection baseline and post-intervention data. Sessions 2 - 11 will be a mix of online - group sessions and individual online or in - person sessions (based on participant preference). The group sessions are focused on principal investigator presentation of the intervention curriculum and group discussion. The individual sessions are focused on goal setting, coping planning, and working through individual situations with a trained coach. | Behavioural | Experimental Group - Positive Food Parenting Intervention |
Primary outcome
Parent use of structure - based and autonomy - promoting parent feeding practices.
Time frame: Session 1 (week 1) to Session 12 (week 12)
Compare responses to validated questionnaires measuring food parenting practices from session 1 to session 12.
Parent and Child Diet Quality
Time frame: Session 1 (week 1) and Session 12 (week 12)
Compare change in parent and child healthy eating index (HEI) from session 1 to session 12. The healthy eating index (HEI) is a measure of how a participants diet aligns with the recommendations by the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (Dietary Guidelines). Possible scores range from 0 (does not align at all with recommendations by the Dietary Guidelines for Americans) to 100 (perfectly aligns with recommendations by the Dietary Guidelines for Americans). Higher scores mean a better outcome.
Parent BMI and Child zBMI
Time frame: Session 1 (week 1) and Session 12 (week 12)
Change in parent BMI and child zBMI from session 1 to session 12.
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 13 Jul 2026.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Undecided
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Katherine N Balantekin, PhD, RD principal investigator
Assistant Professor, University at Buffalo
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Nourish to Flourish: The Power of Positive Food Parenting in people with Pediatric Obesity and Nutrition Disorder, run by State University of New York at Buffalo at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 10 inclusion and 12 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 13 Jul 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Parent use of structure - based and autonomy - promoting parent feeding practices. (time frame: Session 1 (week 1) to Session 12 (week 12)). The study lists 3 primary outcomes in all. It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 13 Jul 2026.