Clinical trials: Nutrition in Early Infancy
Obesity, Growth
Prevention of Overweight in Infancy
Obesity is one of the biggest threats to health in the 21st century. Rapid weight gain in the first year of life tends to lead to overweight in children, which in turn leads to overweight in adults.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Growth, Sleep
- Trial name
- POInz (NCT00892983)
- Testing
- FAB, Sleep
- Where
- New Zealand
- Volunteers
- 802 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Otago
Growth Acceleration, Overweight or Obesity
Diet and Well-being of Young Danish Children
The overall objective with the study was to contribute to the scientific basis for dietary and life strategies, policies and dietary guidelines to infants and young children in Denmark and with special focus on prevention of…
- Conditions
- Growth Acceleration, Overweight or Obesity, Biomarkers of Metabolic Syndrome, Programming and Tracking
- Trial name
- SKOT I (NCT02170428)
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 263 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Copenhagen
Nutrition in Early Infancy, Nutrition Habits
Mindful Moms, Mindful Meals (MMMM) Study
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn whether a Mindfulness-Based Eating Awareness Training Postpartum (MB-EAT-P) program can improve infant feeding practices and maternal eating behaviors.
- Conditions
- Nutrition in Early Infancy, Nutrition Habits, Postpartum Nutrition, Mindful Eating Intervention
- Trial name
- MMMM (NCT07282964)
- Testing
- Mindfulness-Based Eating Awareness Training Postpartum, Waitlist Mindfulness-Based Eating Awareness Training Postpartum
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 72 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of New Brunswick
Pregnancy Related, Infant Development
BabyQ's: Randomized Controlled Trial of Health Messaging in Pregnancy and Infancy
This randomized controlled intervention evaluates the effect of a mobile health behavioral intervention to test messages to reduce sugar-sweetened beverage intake during pregnancy and infancy.
- Trial name
- NCT04238585
- Testing
- Mobile messaging
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 291 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Columbia University
Growth, Overweight
Diet and Well-being of Young Danish Children Born by Obese Mothers
The overall aim is to provide a detailed description of growth, development and risk factors for later disease, especially obesity and metabolic disease in infants born by obese mothers and to compare them with a group of infants…
- Conditions
- Growth, Overweight, Metabolic Syndrome, Obesity
- Trial name
- SKOT II (NCT02377973)
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 184 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Copenhagen
Infant Vitamin K Status, Vitamin K Deficiency Bleeding
The OK Daily Study
The OK Daily Study is a multi-centred, part-randomised, part blinded, four cohort study. We are exploring daily dietary supplementation with vitamin K2, specifically menaquinone-7 (MK-7), given to breastfed infants or…
- Trial name
- NCT07620236
- Testing
- Combined MK-7 + vitamin D3 drops, Vitamin D3 Drops, MK-7 capsules
- Volunteers
- 134 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Norfolk and Norwich University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Weight Gain, Obesity
The SLeeping and Intake Methods Taught to Infants and Mothers Early in Life (SLIMTIME) Project
Childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions and its prevalence continues to rise, even among very young children. Because the current evidence base regarding potentially effective early intervention components to prevent…
- Trial name
- NCT00359242
- Testing
- Infant Sleeping and Soothing, Repeated Food Exposure
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Infant, Very Low Birth Weight, Infant Malnutrition
Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) and Superior Mesenteric Artery (SMA) Doppler Patterns as Predictor of Feeding Tolerance in Very Low Birth Weight (VLBW) IntraUterine Growth Restricted (IUGR) and NON IUGR Infants
This study aims at recruiting about twenty very low birth weight infants, either intrauterine growth restricted (IUGR) or NON-IUGR STRATIFICATION:Population will be stratified in two groups: IUGR infants (approximately 10…
- Conditions
- Infant, Very Low Birth Weight, Infant Malnutrition, Feeding Disorder of Infancy or Early Childhood, Splanchnic Oximetry
- Trial name
- NCT01341236
- Testing
- different nutrional regimen, comparison of different feeding regimens
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 41 people
- Sponsor
- San Gerardo Hospital
Overweight, Physical Activity
Early Obesity Intervention Program Within GECKO Drenthe; a Randomized Controlled Trial
The purpose of this study is to investigate whether stimulating physical activity during the first year of life influences growth and body composition, and stimulates motor activity and motor development
- Trial name
- NCT01127412
- Testing
- Physical activity stimulating program
- Volunteers
- 228 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University Medical Center Groningen
Feeding; Difficult, Newborn, Premature Infant Disease
Psychometric Properties of the SMART Feeding Tool
This observational study aims to evaluate the psychometric properties of a new infant feeding tool called "SMART Tool" in the neonatal intensive care unit. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1.
- Conditions
- Feeding; Difficult, Newborn, Premature Infant Disease, Dysphagia of Newborn, Nurse's Role
- Trial name
- NCT05729828
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 76 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Vitamin B 12 Deficiency
Early Infant Micronutrition and Development
Globally, vitamin B12 deficiency is one of the most common micronutrient deficiencies. Poor status is also seen in affluent countries such as in Norway.
- Trial name
- RART (NCT05005897)
- Testing
- Cyanocobalamin
- Where
- Norway
- Volunteers
- 600 people
- Sponsor
- Sykehuset Innlandet HF
Healthy
Sensitive Periods in Early Flavor Learning
Flavor is the primary dimension by which young children determine food acceptance. However, children are not merely miniature adults since sensory systems mature postnatally and their responses to certain tastes differ markedly…
- Trial name
- NCT00994747
- Testing
- Nutramigen (Flavor and Type of Infant Formula), Enfamil, milk-based formula
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 79 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Monell Chemical Senses Center