An observational study in Eating Behaviors, sponsored by Penn State University. Not yet recruiting at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 6 Years to 10 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-11-13.
Sponsored by Penn State University · Observational
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Among 37 studies in Feeding Behavior by Penn State University — 3 open to participants now, 3 under way, none of them phase 3. Feeding Behavior · Penn State University.
Among the 37 studies in Feeding Behavior by Penn State University, this one is one of 2 that started in 2026, is one of 6 observational ones, and was the 37th registered.
987 studies on the registry are indexed under Feeding Behavior; 179 are open to participants now.
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Penn State University · Sites in United States
Ages 6–9 · Healthy volunteers
Penn State University · Sites in United States
Ages 7–9 · Healthy volunteers
By country, each count listing its studies:
Of the 114 Feeding Behavior studies recruiting now, 36 (32%) set no upper age limit and 72 (63%) stop at 75 or younger; 42 take children under 18; 72 take healthy volunteers.
This study: 6 Years to 10 Years · all sexes · healthy volunteers too.
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37 studies; the count open now beside each. This study's row is marked.
First in 1996; this study’s year is marked. 2 started in 2026.
This study's planned enrollment of 100 is below the median of 181 across 271 observational studies indexed under Feeding Behavior.
Median enrollment 50 across the 31 interventional studies, 116 across the 6 observational. Of the 30 that completed or were terminated, 6 (20%) have results posted.
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Penn State University is the lead sponsor of 271 studies on the registry; 54 are open to participants now.
Of its 15 completed or terminated interventional studies of FDA-regulated products, 11 (73%) have results posted.
1 of the studies in Feeding Behavior by Penn State University that are under way reach primary completion within a year, 0 of them phase 3. Phase 3 first, then by date:
| Study | Primary completion |
|---|---|
| NCT07095166Penn State UniversityMonitoring Eating Across Locations (MEAL) - Timing, Intake, and Mealtime Evaluation (TIME) | 2027-06-15 |
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This study will test the acceptability and feasibility of the Wear-IT app for sending healthy eating messages and collecting questionnaires, photos, and videos via smart phone.
This study will be observational. Recruitment of 100, 6-10-year-old child-parent dyads from rural Appalachia will use approved advertisements on popular internet sites, mom's groups, Facebook, family-oriented periodicals, online recruiting databases (e.g., Research Match) and paid recruitment (Build Clinical, Meta). Interested parents will complete an initial screening via REDCap to determine if families fit the inclusion and exclusion criteria. Prior to answering screening questions, the parents will be provided with a brief study description. Once parents complete the screening questions, they will be scheduled for an Onboarding videoconference call (e.g., Zoom). At the Onboarding session, a parent will sign a full study Consent form and children will provide written Assent. Parents will then select locations on a map to mark their home address and any locations they commonly shop for foods. Researchers will also help parents install the Wear-IT app on their own smartphone devices and complete a training protocol. After the Onboarding session, parents will complete an online survey on demographic information, parental feeding practices via the Child Feeding Questionnaire and the Family Food Behavior Survey, both of which have been validated. Neighborhood Impact on Kids Study questionnaire will be used to assess family food rules and parents' perception of the neighborhood food environment. Child appetitive traits will be assessed using the Children's Eating Behavior Questionnaire, which has been validated against laboratory food intake. Lastly, parent eating behavior will be assessed using the validated Three Factor Eating Questionnaire. Parents will use the Wear-IT app for three weeks. During the 3-week period, parents will receive ecological momentary assessment (EMA) prompts and just-in-time adaptive intervention messages related to the three primary diet-related health behavior categories: 1) home food environment; 2) home meals; and 3) food shopping. Specifically, participants will complete weekly home food inventories and meal videos, at-home meal surveys 3 times a week, and daily end-of-day check-in surveys. They will also be prompted to take a picture of their receipt whenever they go to an identified food shopping location. Parents will rate the acceptability of each of the messages sent via Wear-IT using the Intervention Appropriateness Measure. Upon completion of the 3-week Wear-IT period, parents will repeat the online questionnaire they completed after on-boarding. They will also rate the acceptability and validity of Wear-IT's EMA using the Acceptability of Intervention Measure and the Feasibility of Intervention Measure, respectively.
Participants will include children and their parents who live in Appalachia.
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In order to be enrolled, children must:
Parents will be included if:
Exclusion criteria:
Children would be excluded if they:
Parents will be excluded if:
Secondary research subjects (other family members who may appear in video and consent to incidental recording): will be excluded if:
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The Wear-IT app will deliver intervention messages and information about healthy eating behaviors and information to participants own mobile devices regardless of connectivity.
Intervention Acceptability
The Acceptability of Intervention Measure will assess the acceptability of the intervention. No summary score/scoring available. Range from Completely disagree to completely agree.
Time frame: immediately after the 3-week intervention period
Intervention Appropriateness
The Intervention Appropriateness Measure will asses the appropriateness of the intervention. No summary score/scoring available. Range from Completely disagree to completely agree.
Time frame: immediately after the 3-week intervention period
Intervention Satisfaction
The Satisfaction Survey will assess the participants' satisfaction with the intervention. Scored from 1 (Not at all) to 5 (Absolutely).
Time frame: immediately after the 3-week intervention period
Intervention Feasibility
The Feasibility of Intervention Measure will assess participants' perception of the feasibility of this type of intervention. No summary score/scoring available. Range from Completely disagree to completely agree.
Time frame: immediately after the 3-week intervention period
Daily appropriateness of messages
Ecological momentary assessment surveys will be completed daily to assess the appropriateness of each intervention message received that day. No summary score/scoring available. Range from Completely disagree to completely agree.
Time frame: end of each intervention day at time chosen by participant
Home Food Environment
Fulkerson Home Food Environment survey will be complete weekly for the 3 weeks of the study to assess types of food available in the home
Time frame: Once each week of the 3-week intervention period on a day chosen by parents
Child Eating Behaviors
Video recordings of children eating at home will be coded to extract various child eating behavior metrics such as bite rate.
Time frame: Once each week of the 3-week intervention period on a day chosen by parents
Home Meal Information
As part of a daily EMA surveys, parent will report on home meal environments and participants in home meals.
Time frame: end of day after receipt of intervention messaging throughout the day
Plan to share: Yes
Supporting information: Study protocol, Analytic code
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Start is estimated for Nov 2026; primary completion for May 2028, 18 months later.
Of 100 non-industry observational studies under Feeding Behavior, half reached primary completion within 25 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 9 and three quarters within 62. This study's planned 18 months is below that.
Counting every sponsor, half of 101 studies reached it within 24 months; a quarter within 8 and three quarters within 62.
How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.
From the registry record's own update history. This site started tracking changes on Sep 25, 2026; for anything earlier, see the record history on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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