Healthy feeding habits: a home-visit, controlled exploratory study of a novel, habit-based intervention with parents of pre-school aged children

Healthy feeding habits: a cluster-randomized controlled exploratory trial of a novel, habit-based intervention with parents of pre-school aged children.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ISRCTN

Registry ID

ISRCTN09910187

Enrollment

106

Registered

2012-11-22

Start date

2010-05-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2015-01-13

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Conditions

Public Health, Obesity Prevention Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Obesity

Interventions

The healthy feeding habits intervention was delivered over the course of four fortnightly visits to the family home. Each visit lasted approximately 1 hour and involved the researcher working through

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Parents with a child aged between 2-5 years and were motivated to take part.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Parents with a child that had a serious medical condition which meant they had a severely restricted diet.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Parent habit strength for each new feeding behavior (measured by self-reported automaticity).	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Children?s food intake and intervention acceptability	—

Countries

United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 23, 2026