"Improved Mother Infant Feeding Interaction (MI-FI) at 12 Months With Very Early Parent Training" (MI-FI)

"Improved Mother Infant Feeding Interaction (MI-FI) at 12 Months With Very Early Parent

Rise in childhood obesity and poor eating habits and eating problems is apparent over the last decades. Parents are at lose what the correct way to tackle these problems may be. This study examined whether professional behavioral and nutritional training of first time mothers improves feeding relationship and infants eating habits at 12 months.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Picky Eaters, Feeding Interaction, Good Enough Parenting, Family Meals, Emotional Eating Prevention
• Intervention / Treatment: Behavioral: Mother Infant Feeding Interaction very early training

Detailed Description

From 166 first time mother-infant recruited, 128 completed the trail. Intervention group, mother-infant dyads got a month long weekly based training in small workshop groups about nutrition, feeding and parenting when infants were 4-6 months old. training was given by a highly experience pediatric dietitian and social worker. Thereafter, internet-based support continued until infants reached 12 months. The control group received customary support via municipal mother-child health clinics. Mealtime interactions were videotaped at home setting at 12 months and were evaluated using the Chatoor feeding scale by blinded (to group) viewers.

• Study Type: Interventional
• Enrollment (Actual): 166
• Phase: Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 23 years to 35 years (Adult)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Genders Eligible for Study: Female

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• normal and healthy pregnancy
• full term delivery of infants
• infants with a normal birth weight and no health problems
• Mothers recruited had at least a high school education
• mothers lived near to or in the city (important for video taping)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Mothers with mental illness in the present or the past (such as schizophrenia, depression or an eating disorder)
• infants with chronic diseases that required specific diets (such as milk allergy) or gastrointestinal diseases (celiac disease, type 1 diabetes, Crohn's disease etc.)

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

Design Details

• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Allocation: Non-Randomized
• Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
• Masking: Single

Number of Arms

2

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm	Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: intervention group; First time mothers, when infants were ages 4-6 months old, took part in a training program in small group setting (10-12 mother-infants). the program continued for a month, with 4 weekly meetings. group coordinators were a highly experienced pediatric dietitian, and a social worker. Training topics addressed were infant healthy nutrition and growth, feeding skills, obesity and emotional feeding prevention, parenting. Thereafter, mothers were encouraged to stay in contact with the trainers, till infants reached age 12 months and data was collected using video taping of mealtime feeding interactions at home setting environment. Mother Infant Feeding Interaction very early training	Behavioral: Mother Infant Feeding Interaction very early training; weekly training meetings on 4 topics: What - proper nutrition and supplements for solid feeding phase (dietitian); What - the meaning of feeding to mother and infant (social worker).; Who - feeding skills - knowledge and actual practices; From anxiety to serenity - knowledge concerning growth patterns and common physical and emotional issues troubling parents of infants 4-12 months old.; Prevention of obesity and emotional eating - practical advise and tips.
No Intervention: control group; Control group first time mothers were recruited when infants were around 11-12 months of age for data collection of mealtime feeding interactions taping at home setting environment. They received during this year the official support and training given in municipality care centers.

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Chatoor feeding scale	the Chatoor observational scale for Mother-Infant interaction during feeding was purchased from the Chatoor Center. The Scale consists of 46 mother and infant behavior modes which are rated throughout the feeding session. Five subscale scores are derived: 1) Dyadic Reciprocity, 2) Dyadic Conflict, 3) Talk and Distraction, 4) Struggle for Control, and 5) Maternal Non-Contingency. The CFS has been demonstrated to discriminate between infants with and without feeding disorders and can be used with infants and toddlers ranging from 1 month to 3 years of age (Chatoor et al, 1997).	12 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
eating habitts	Self reported questionnaires of Golan et al checking eating habits and obesogenic environment at home	12 months

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Rambam Health Care Campus
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Ron Shaoul, MD, Pediatric Gastroenterology Unit, Ruth Rappaport Children's Hospital Rambam Health Care Campus, Haifa, Israel, Rappaport Faculty of Medicine

Publications and helpful links

General Publications

• Redsell SA, Edmonds B, Swift JA, Siriwardena AN, Weng S, Nathan D, Glazebrook C. Systematic review of randomised controlled trials of interventions that aim to reduce the risk, either directly or indirectly, of overweight and obesity in infancy and early childhood. Matern Child Nutr. 2016 Jan;12(1):24-38. doi: 10.1111/mcn.12184. Epub 2015 Apr 20.
• Ammaniti M, Lucarelli L, Cimino S, D'Olimpio F, Chatoor I. Feeding disorders of infancy: a longitudinal study to middle childhood. Int J Eat Disord. 2012 Mar;45(2):272-80. doi: 10.1002/eat.20925. Epub 2011 Apr 14.
• Bryant-Waugh R, Markham L, Kreipe RE, Walsh BT. Feeding and eating disorders in childhood. Int J Eat Disord. 2010 Mar;43(2):98-111. doi: 10.1002/eat.20795.
• Meadows N. Assessment and management of feeding difficulties in infants. Community Pract. 2015 Feb;88(2):45-7. No abstract available.

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): October 25, 2011
• Primary Completion (Actual): July 21, 2013
• Study Completion (Actual): July 21, 2013

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: March 16, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: March 16, 2017
• First Posted (Actual): March 22, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): June 7, 2017
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 5, 2017
• Last Verified: June 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: feeding interaction, infant eating habits, hunger satiety cues, childhood obesity
• Other Study ID Numbers: 0156-11-RMB

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: UNDECIDED
• IPD Plan Description: The investigators plan to publish results of the research project in peer reviewed journals. However, individual data collected, such as video taping of family meals will not be shared.

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No