Growing Well: Understanding How Young Children Eat and Grow

Is this trial a fit for you?

A plain-English reading of the study's rules. Only the study team can confirm whether you qualify.

What this trial studies

Researchers will collect information from parents in Leeds, Doncaster, and East London at two time points: baseline and one year later. Parents complete questionnaires about sociodemographics and what their child eats for three one-day periods using an online tool, and a clinic visit measures height, weight, and waist. The study aims to define age-appropriate portions and examine how commercial foods, plant-based patterns, and nutrient intakes relate to growth and dental health over 12 months. It will also consider how child and family characteristics, including deprivation and ethnicity, influence dietary patterns and outcomes.

Why it matters

Who can join: the full rules

Inclusion Criteria:

* Children aged 6 months-4 years along with their parents or guardians who reside in or near one of the three study locations and planned fieldwork sites: Leeds, Doncaster, or East London. For East London, eligibility includes individuals living in or near Tower Hamlets or an adjacent borough
* All participants are eligible regardless of background, language, educational ability, or literacy level.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Plan to move outside of the study area within the next 12 months
* Children not living with the consenting parent/guardian for any part of the week or not living with the consenting parent/guardian at the time of data collection (e.g. in care, hospital, or living wholly with another family member).
* Children with significant oral feeding difficulties (e.g. tube-feeding or developmental delays)
* Children that have been diagnosed with a long-term condition that affects their growth or development (e.g. hormonal or genetic conditions)
* Children from subgroups where quotas have been filled will be excluded to maintain balanced representation across all study groups (e.g., age 3, non-deprived locations).

Where it's running

• Doncaster and Bassetlaw Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
  Doncaster, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom Recruiting
• Community settings across Doncaster
  Doncaster, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom Recruiting
• Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust
  Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom Recruiting
• Community settings across Leeds
  Leeds, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom Recruiting
• Barts Health NHS Trust
  London, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom Recruiting
• Community settings across East London
  London, West Yorkshire, United Kingdom Recruiting

Study contacts

• Principal investigator: Janet E Cade, PhD — University of Leeds
• Study coordinator: Diane Threapleton E Threapleton, PhD
• Email: D.E.Threapleton@leeds.ac.uk
• Phone: +441133435530

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How to take part

1. Review the eligibility criteria above with your treating physician.
2. Check the official listing on ClinicalTrials.gov for the latest contact details and recruitment status.
3. Contact the study coordinator or principal investigator to ask for pre-screening. Pre-screening is free and never obligates you to enroll.