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Mother-Baby Study - Observational
Sponsor: University of Michigan
Summary
The rate of weight gain in the first year of life is risk factor for future obesity. The study will test (1) a model of l mechanisms underlying the development of emotion, attachment, and nutritive intake; and (2) the association with maternal feeding behavior, child eating behavior, dietary intake, and adiposity.
Official title: Fundamental Biobehavioral Mechanisms Underlying the Integrated Development of Emotion, Attachment, and Nutritive Intake in the Mother-Infant Dyad
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
0 Days - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
300
Start Date
2023-12-21
Completion Date
2029-02
Last Updated
2026-01-30
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Bonding-Evoked Oxytocin
Mother participates in bonding activity with infant at ages 1, 3, and 6 months
Distress Relieving Effects of Sucrose
Researcher elicits distress in the infant (sequence of unswaddling, pacifier removal, and arm restraint), followed by delivery of oral sucrose in one condition and water in other condition
Hedonic Response to Sucrose
Researcher gives infant opportunity to suck from two bottles, one containing sucrose and one plain water at infant ages 1, 3, and 6 months
Typical versus Challenging Feeding-Social
Mother feeds infant on four counterbalanced days at infant ages 1, 3, and 6 months crossing two conditions: (1) regular size nipple versus smaller aperture nipple ('challenging') and (2) providing social interaction while feeding versus not.
Caloric Compensation-Social
Mother feeds infant on four counterbalanced days at infant ages 1, 3, and 6 months crossing two conditions: (1) offering a bottle feeding ad lib for 3 hours versus offering a bottle feeding every hour for 3 hours; (2) providing social interaction while feeding versus not.
Ability to Delay Gratification for Food in Infants-Social Task (ATDG-FIT-Social)
When mother indicates infant is hungry, she presents the infant the bottle but withholds feeding for 5 minutes, feeds for one minute, withholds feeding for 30 seconds, and then resumes feeding. She does so under two conditions (providing social interaction during feeding versus not) on two counterbalanced days at infant ages 1, 3, and 6 months.
Locations (1)
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States