Clinical Trial: Food Genetics Behavior Study
Study Status: Completed
Recruit Status: RECRUITING
Condition: Obesity, Childhood
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Official Title: Role of Energy Balance Behaviors in Modifying Biobehavioral Risk Factors for Childhood Obesity
Brief Summary:
This study examines the interplay between genotype and phenotype and assesses if energy balance behaviors in the context of the family environment, alone or in combination, can modify behavioral and genetic predispositions to childhood obesity.The research aims to prospectively evaluate the extent to which associations of a heightened drive to eat (HDE) on 1-year changes in weight and adiposity outcomes are independent or additive to those of a genetic risk for obesity among children.In addition, the study aims to…
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