Responsive Feeding Study

NCT02284152 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 809649
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 32
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 3

Brief Summary

In the present study, we tested a novel approach to understanding infant bottle-feeding interactions: experimentally manipulating bottle-feeding conditions to better understand maternal and infant influences on overfeeding, as well as individual differences in risk for overfeeding. Specifically, we observed mother-infant dyads during a typical, "mother-led" feeding, during which mothers were given no instruction regarding how or how much to feed their infants (hereafter referred to as a "typical feeding" \[TF\]), as well as during an "infant-led" (IL) feeding, wherein we minimized the mothers' influence on the feeding and ensured the feed was in response to the infants' hunger and fullness cues. Using this within-subject, objective, and experimental approach, the present study aimed to: 1) directly measure the extent to which overfeeding occurs during bottle-feeding and 2) describe the characteristics of infants and mothers that overfeed during bottle-feeding.

Conditions

Bottle Feeding

Keywords

bottle feeding; feeding behavior; infants; mothers; responsive feeding; maternal feeding practices; maternal feeding styles

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Infant Intake

  Infant intake was assessed by weighing the bottle before and after the feeding

  3-hour period

Study Arms (1)

Typical versus Infant-Led feeding

EXPERIMENTAL

This is a within-subject study; all infants and mothers will be exposed to both conditions (typical feeding versus infant-led feeding conditions). Order of presentation will be counterbalanced across infant/mother dyads.

Behavioral: infant-led feeding

Interventions

infant-led feeding BEHAVIORAL

mothers' feeding practices and infant intakes were compared between a typical feeding condition and an infant-led feeding condition, where the experimenter ensured the feeding was in response to infant hunger and fullness cues.

Typical versus Infant-Led feeding

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: Up to 6 Months
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Formula-feeding
• Prior to the introduction of solid foods
• Infants 0 to 6 months of age
• Mothers 18 to 40 years of age

You may not qualify if:

• Exclusively breast-feeding
• Preterm
• Medical conditions that interfered with feeding

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Drexel University: lead
• Monell Chemical Senses Center: collaborator

Study Sites (3)

California Polytechnic State University

San Luis Obispo, California, 93407, United States

Location

Drexel University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19102, United States

Location

Monell Chemical Senses Center

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States

Location

Related Publications (1)

• Ventura AK, Inamdar LB, Mennella JA. Consistency in infants' behavioural signalling of satiation during bottle-feeding. Pediatr Obes. 2015 Jun;10(3):180-7. doi: 10.1111/ijpo.250. Epub 2014 Jul 3.

  PMID: 24990443 BACKGROUND

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Bottle Feeding; Feeding Behavior

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Behavior; Behavior, Animal

Study Officials

• Alison K Ventura, PhD

  Cal Poly University

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: BASIC SCIENCE
• Intervention Model: CROSSOVER
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: November 3, 2014
• First Posted: November 5, 2014
• Study Start: January 1, 2010
• Primary Completion: March 1, 2012
• Study Completion: March 1, 2012
• Last Updated: November 5, 2014

Record last verified: 2014-11

Locations

US (3)