Mothers And careGivers Investing in Children
MAGIC
MAGIC: A Family Based Feeding Intervention Program
1 other identifier
interventional
165
1 country
2
Brief Summary
The incidence of childhood obesity in the United States has steadily increased over the past 30 years but has begun to level off in recent years. Epidemiological evidence indicates that obesity may transmitted across multiple generations. The current study seeks to: 1) evaluate the extent to which mothers and other important caregivers affect their mothers' parenting; 2) examine whether an intervention aimed at improving diet quality and enhancing responsive feeding to improves parental responsivity and feeding behavior and infants' weight trajectories over time; 3) examine the effects of early life feeding and caregiver sensitivity on health and development; and 4) examine feasibility of food distribution along with the feeding intervention.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Nov 2019
Longer than P75 for not_applicable
2 active sites
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
October 25, 2019
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
November 14, 2019
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
November 26, 2019
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
May 31, 2026
ExpectedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
December 31, 2026
April 28, 2026
March 1, 2026
6.5 years
October 25, 2019
April 22, 2026
Conditions
Keywords
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (2)
BMI percentile at 12 months of age
Anthropometrics measured by trained study staff
12 months
BMI percentile at 24 months of age
Anthropometrics measured by trained study staff
24 months
Secondary Outcomes (2)
Proportion of infants with BMI percentile >85th at 12 months of age
12 months
Proportion of infants with BMI percentile >85th at 24 months of age
24 months
Other Outcomes (3)
Infant dietary intake of fruits and vegetables, animal source foods, whole grains, desserts and sweets, and salty snacks at 11 months of age
10 to 11 months of age
Responsive feeding at 10 to 11 months of age
10 to 11 months of age
Responsive feeding at 10 to 11 months of age
11 months of age
Study Arms (3)
Obesity Prevention Group
EXPERIMENTALParents will be provided with responsive feeding coaching to help them recognize hunger and satiety cues and nutrition coaching that involves recommending a sequence of introducing complementary foods that corresponds with food textures and feeding styles, breast/bottle weaning, healthy snacking and hands on demonstrations for healthy food options.
Infant Safety and Injury Prevention Group
ACTIVE COMPARATORParents will be provided with information about safe sleeping, car seats, baby-proofing, etc., delivered during virtual visits, participant binder and newsletter.
Obesity Prevention Group + Food Boxes
EXPERIMENTALParents will be provided with responsive feeding coaching to help them recognize hunger and satiety cues and nutrition coaching that involves recommending a sequence of introducing complementary foods that corresponds with food textures and feeding styles, breast/bottle weaning, healthy snacking and hands on demonstrations for healthy food options. Parents will also be provided with grocery items (fruits, vegetables, meat) prior to each intervention visit to facilitate a healthy family diet.
Interventions
Parents will be provided with responsive feeding coaching to help them recognize hunger and satiety cues and nutrition coaching that involves recommending a sequence of introducing complementary foods that corresponds with food textures and feeding styles, breast/bottle weaning, healthy snacking and hands on demonstrations for healthy food options.
Parents will be provided with responsive feeding coaching to help them recognize hunger and satiety cues and nutrition coaching that involves recommending a sequence of introducing complementary foods that corresponds with food textures and feeding styles, breast/bottle weaning, healthy snacking and hands on demonstrations for healthy food options. Parents will also be provided with grocery items (fruits, vegetables, meat) prior to each intervention visit to facilitate a healthy family diet.
Parents will be provided with information about safe sleeping, car seats, baby-proofing, etc., delivered during home visits, newsletters, and reinforcing text messages.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Mothers with babies aged 4 to 5 months
- Other caregivers assisting the mother with the baby.
- Babies aged 4 to 5 months
You may not qualify if:
- Babies with metabolic or feeding issues.
- Mothers younger than 16 years of age.
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
- University of Texas at Austinlead
- St. David's Foundationcollaborator
- National Cattlemen's Beef Association, a contractor to the Beef Checkoffcollaborator
- Egg Nutrition Centercollaborator
- National Pork Boardcollaborator
Study Sites (2)
Sarah M. & Charles E. Seay Building
Austin, Texas, 78712, United States
Dell Pediatric Research Institute
Austin, Texas, 78723, United States
MeSH Terms
Conditions
Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Deborah Jacobvitz, PhD
University of Texas at Austin
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Elizabeth Widen, PhD, RD
University of Texas at Austin
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- OUTCOMES ASSESSOR
- Masking Details
- Primary - BMI percentile at 12 months of age, and 24 months of age Secondary- Proportion of infants with BMI percentile \>85th at 12 months of age, and 24 months of age Anthropometrics measured directly by trained study staff Infant dietary intake of fruits and vegetables, animal source foods, whole grains, desserts and sweets, and salty snacks at 10 to 11 months. Measured at 10 months using an Infant Diet History questionnaire adapted from the Infant Feeding Practices Study II. Measured at 10 months using the Nutrition Data System for Research (NDSR) Responsive feeding measured using the Infant Feeding Styles Questionnaire (IFSQ) full scale and Chatoor's feeding scale at 10 to 11 months.
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Phyllis L. Richards Endowed Professor in Child Development
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
October 25, 2019
First Posted
November 26, 2019
Study Start
November 14, 2019
Primary Completion (Estimated)
May 31, 2026
Study Completion (Estimated)
December 31, 2026
Last Updated
April 28, 2026
Record last verified: 2026-03