An interventional study of Recipes and Pre-filled carts in Obesity and Diet, Healthy, sponsored by State University of New York at Buffalo. Not yet recruiting. Open to participants aged 2 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-11-12.
Sponsored by State University of New York at Buffalo · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
Among 16 studies in Obesity by State University of New York at Buffalo — 3 open to participants now, 4 under way, none of them phase 3. Obesity · State University of New York at Buffalo.
Among the 16 studies in Obesity by State University of New York at Buffalo, this one is the only one that started in 2027, is one of 8 with no phase, and was the 16th registered.
11,529 studies on the registry are indexed under Obesity; 2,035 are open to participants now.
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State University of New York at Buffalo · Sites in United States
Ages 18–60
State University of New York at Buffalo · Sites in United States
Ages 7+ · Healthy volunteers
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Of the 1,336 Obesity studies recruiting now, 377 (28%) set no upper age limit and 856 (64%) stop at 75 or younger; 166 take children under 18; 488 take healthy volunteers.
This study: 2 Years and older · all sexes · healthy volunteers too.
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16 studies; the count open now beside each. This study's row is marked.
First in 1999; this study’s year is marked. 1 started in 2027.
By drug class, each counting the studies that test any of its medicines:
This study's planned enrollment of 384 is above the median of 67 across 9,010 interventional studies indexed under Obesity.
Median enrollment 50 across the 9 interventional studies, 201 across the 7 observational. Of the 12 that completed or were terminated, 5 (42%) have results posted.
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State University of New York at Buffalo is the lead sponsor of 294 studies on the registry; 63 are open to participants now.
Of its 19 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 15 (79%) have results posted.
1 of the studies in Obesity by State University of New York at Buffalo that are under way reach primary completion within a year, 0 of them phase 3. Phase 3 first, then by date:
| Study | Primary completion |
|---|---|
| NCT07641361State University of New York at BuffaloHydration Intervention to Decrease Side Effects Associated With GLP - 1 RA Therapy | 2027-02-01 |
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Obesity continues to be a major public health concern, and children who are overweight by age 5 are at increased risk for future obesity, highlighting the importance of early efforts to promote healthy eating and growth. The goal of this project is to test a new family-based approach to early childhood obesity prevention, specifically using pre-filled, online grocery shopping carts to make it easier for parents to select healthy foods like fruits and vegetables. This study will be the first to test whether such default shopping carts can help promote the purchasing and consumption of healthier foods, as well as healthier diets and weight outcomes, among parents with obesity and their 2-to-5-year-old children, offering the potential for a meaningful impact on the health of young children and their families.
Obesity is a diet-related disease that continues to be a major public health concern. Children who are overweight by age 5 are at increased risk for future obesity, highlighting the importance of early efforts to promote healthy diets. Modifying home food availability can impact the diets of children and their families, and online grocery shopping offers untapped potential as a way to modify the family food environment. The objective of this grant is to test a new family-based approach to early obesity prevention, specifically using optimal defaults to promote healthier online grocery shopping. Making "optimal" choices easier by making them the default option has strong scientific support, but this strategy has not been implemented in the context of online grocery shopping on a large scale. The study team's preliminary research demonstrated the potential of pre-filling online grocery shopping carts with nutritious foods: this default grocery cart strategy had significant, positive effects on the nutritional quality of grocery purchases in two pilot studies. The proposed study will expand upon this preliminary research, recruiting 192 parents with obesity who use online grocery shopping and have a 2-to-5-year-old child. Families will be randomly assigned to a default grocery cart intervention or control group. Both groups will be provided with 4 main meal recipes and 4 lunch and/or snack recipes each week of a 6-month intervention period, with recipes corresponding to the Traffic Light Diet, an evidence-based diet for family-based obesity prevention and treatment. Corresponding nutritional guidance will be provided, with a goal to increase low energy-dense, high nutrient-dense foods and decrease the energy density of the diet. In addition, the defaults group's online grocery carts will be pre-filled with items that correspond to the provided recipes each week. Participants can alter these carts as they like. Assessments will occur via grocery receipt forms, phone interviews, remote food photography, height/weight measurements, and online surveys. Hypotheses corresponding to primary and secondary aims are: It is hypothesized that the defaults group will have household grocery purchases that are better-aligned with dietary goals (e.g., more fruits and vegetables, higher nutritional quality, fewer calories) (Aim 1), and that participating parents and 2-to-5-year-old children will have healthier dietary intake (e.g., more fruits and vegetables, higher nutritional quality, fewer calories) than controls (Aim 2) following the 6-month intervention. These aims are designed to leverage a simple but powerful behavioral principle, optimal defaults, to make purchasing of healthier foods easier among families with young children during a period of the life span in which dietary preferences and future weight trajectories are being established. In the long-term, this research offers the potential for a scalable, sustainable approach to facilitate healthier dietary intake among a broad population of individuals and families at risk for diet-related diseases.
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Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.
What counts as overweight or obesity differs between countries (some use lower cut-offs), so go by the range the study states.
BMI (body mass index)
Weight in kilograms divided by height in metres squared. Example: 70 kg and 1.75 m gives 70 ÷ (1.75 × 1.75) ≈ 22.9.
What counts as overweight or obesity differs between countries (some use lower cut-offs), so go by the range the study states.
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Families in this group will receive a packet of healthy recipes during each week of a 6-month intervention. Recipe packets will also include nutrition education.
Behavioral: Recipes
Families in this group will receive a packet of healthy recipes during each week of a 6-month intervention. Recipe packets will also include nutrition education. In addition, each week of the intervention, their online grocery carts will be pre-filled with the ingredients to make the main meal recipes featured in the recipe packets that week. Participants can alter their carts as they like and determine which groceries they will purchase.
Behavioral: Recipes · Behavioral: Pre-filled carts
Packet of healthy recipes provided each week of a 6-month intervention, with nutrition education and healthy eating tips included.
Participants' online grocery carts are pre-filled with the ingredients from the main meal recipes featured in provided recipe packets that week. Participants can change these carts as they like.
Nutritional quality of household grocery purchases
Nutritional quality of household grocery purchases will be coded in accordance with the Healthy Eating Index and will include all groceries purchased that time point (online or in-person, etc.). Grocery purchases are scored in 13 categories from the Healthy Eating Index, with quintiles used to operationalize lower versus higher purchasing of these categories (ex. fruits, vegetables, whole grains), with a resulting possible nutritional quality range of 13-65. Two weeks of data collection occur per time point, and values are averaged to represent the average weekly nutritional quality of grocery purchases at that time point. Analyses will compare the nutritional quality of grocery purchases between groups at the primary outcome time point of 6 months, immediately after the conclusion of the intervention, in the context of marginal models adjusting for baseline nutritional quality, stratification factors, and household size.
Time frame: 6 months
Energy content of household grocery purchases
Energy content will be operationalized across all household grocery purchases in kcal. Two weeks of data collection occur per time point, and values are averaged to represent the average weekly energy content of grocery purchases at that time point. Analyses will compare the energy content of grocery purchases between groups at the primary outcome time point of 6 months, immediately after the conclusion of the intervention, in the context of marginal models adjusting for baseline energy content, stratification factors, and household size.
Time frame: 6 months
Fruits purchased
The number of different types of fruits purchased will be operationalized across all household grocery purchases. Two weeks of data collection occur per time point, and values are averaged to represent average number of fruits purchased. Analyses will compare fruits purchased between groups at the primary outcome time point of 6 months, immediately after the conclusion of the intervention, adjusting for baseline fruit purchasing, stratification factors, and household size.
Time frame: 6 months
Vegetables purchased
The number of different types of vegetables purchased will be operationalized across all household grocery purchases. Two weeks of data collection occur per time point, and values are averaged to represent average number of vegetables purchased. Analyses will compare vegetables purchased between groups at the primary outcome time point of 6 months, immediately after the conclusion of the intervention, adjusting for baseline vegetable purchasing, stratification factors, and household size.
Time frame: 6 months
High energy dense foods purchased
The number of different types of high energy dense foods purchased will be operationalized across all household grocery purchases. Two weeks of data collection occur per time point, and values are averaged to represent average number of high energy dense foods purchased. Analyses will compare high energy dense foods purchased between groups at the primary outcome time point of 6 months, immediately after the conclusion of the intervention, adjusting for baseline high energy dense food purchasing, stratification factors, and household size. High energy dense foods are coded based on cut-offs from the Traffic Light Diet (e.g., sugar \>25% of calories/serving).
Time frame: 6 months
Nutritional quality of child intake
Nutritional quality of children's intake is measured using remote food photography during 3 evening meals per time point. Trained raters analyze images of foods before and after the meal and quantify food intake. Nutritional quality of the foods consumed will be calculated in accordance with the Healthy Eating Index and aggregated across the 3 days of evening meal data collection. Analyses will compare nutritional quality of evening meal intake between groups at the primary outcome time point of 6 months, immediately after the conclusion of the intervention, adjusting for baseline nutritional quality of intake and stratification factors.
Time frame: 6 months
Nutritional quality of parent intake
Nutritional quality of parent's intake is measured using remote food photography during 3 evening meals per time point. Trained raters analyze images of foods before and after the meal and quantify food intake. Nutritional quality of the foods consumed will be calculated in accordance with the Healthy Eating Index and aggregated across the 3 days of evening meal data collection. Analyses will compare nutritional quality of evening meal intake between groups at the primary outcome time point of 6 months, immediately after the conclusion of the intervention, adjusting for baseline nutritional quality of intake and stratification factors.
Time frame: 6 months
Energy content of child intake
Energy content of children's intake is measured using remote food photography during 3 evening meals per time point. Trained raters analyze images of foods before and after the meal and quantify food intake. Energy consumed at the meal is aggregated across the 3 days of evening meal data collection. Analyses will compare energy consumed at the evening meal between groups at the primary outcome time point of 6 months, immediately after the conclusion of the intervention, adjusting for baseline energy content of intake and stratification factors. Energy consumed is in kcal.
Time frame: 6 months
Energy content of parent intake
Energy content of parent's intake is measured using remote food photography during 3 evening meals per time point. Trained raters analyze images of foods before and after the meal and quantify food intake. Energy consumed at the meal is aggregated across the 3 days of evening meal data collection. Analyses will compare energy consumed at the evening meal between groups at the primary outcome time point of 6 months, immediately after the conclusion of the intervention, adjusting for baseline energy content of intake and stratification factors. Energy consumed is in kcal.
Time frame: 6 months
Child fruit intake
Child fruit intake is measured using remote food photography during 3 evening meals per time point. Trained raters analyze images of foods before and after the meal and quantify food intake. Number of different fruits consumed at the meal is aggregated across the 3 days of evening meal data collection. Analyses will compare fruit intake between groups at the primary outcome time point of 6 months, immediately after the conclusion of the intervention, adjusting for baseline fruit intake and stratification factors.
Time frame: 6 months
Parent fruit intake
Parent fruit intake is measured using remote food photography during 3 evening meals per time point. Trained raters analyze images of foods before and after the meal and quantify food intake. Number of different fruits consumed at the meal is aggregated across the 3 days of evening meal data collection. Analyses will compare fruit intake between groups at the primary outcome time point of 6 months, immediately after the conclusion of the intervention, adjusting for baseline fruit intake and stratification factors.
Time frame: 6 months
Child vegetable intake
Child vegetable intake is measured using remote food photography during 3 evening meals per time point. Trained raters analyze images of foods before and after the meal and quantify food intake. Number of different vegetables consumed at the meal is aggregated across the 3 days of evening meal data collection. Analyses will compare vegetable intake between groups at the primary outcome time point of 6 months, immediately after the conclusion of the intervention, adjusting for baseline vegetable intake and stratification factors.
Time frame: 6 months
Parent vegetable intake
Parent vegetable intake is measured using remote food photography during 3 evening meals per time point. Trained raters analyze images of foods before and after the meal and quantify food intake. Number of different vegetables consumed at the meal is aggregated across the 3 days of evening meal data collection. Analyses will compare vegetable intake between groups at the primary outcome time point of 6 months, immediately after the conclusion of the intervention, adjusting for baseline vegetable intake and stratification factors.
Time frame: 6 months
Child energy density of intake
Child energy density of intake is measured using remote food photography during 3 evening meals per time point. Trained raters analyze images of foods before and after the meal and quantify food intake. Energy density is calculated as kcal consumed relative to volume consumed (g) and aggregated across the 3 days of evening meal data collection for daily energy density of intake. Analyses will compare energy density of intake between groups at the primary outcome time point of 6 months, immediately after the conclusion of the intervention, adjusting for baseline energy density of intake and stratification factors.
Time frame: 6 months
Parent energy density of intake
Parent energy density of intake is measured using remote food photography during 3 evening meals per time point. Trained raters analyze images of foods before and after the meal and quantify food intake. Energy density is calculated as kcal consumed relative to volume consumed (g) and aggregated across the 3 days of evening meal data collection for daily energy density of intake. Analyses will compare energy density of intake between groups at the primary outcome time point of 6 months, immediately after the conclusion of the intervention, adjusting for baseline energy density of intake and stratification factors.
Time frame: 6 months
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Start is estimated for Jan 2027; primary completion for Jun 2030, 41 months later.
Of 3,683 non-industry interventional studies with no phase under Obesity, half reached primary completion within 23 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 10 and three quarters within 43. This study's planned 41 months is above that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 3,846 studies reached it within 22 months; a quarter within 9 and three quarters within 42.
Start moved once since we started tracking on Sep 25, 2026: Oct 2026 → Jan 2027, on Nov 12, 2026.
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