Assessing Better Bottles for Babies

Description

This study will use a 2 x 2 factorial design to test impact of two intervention strategies (bottle size and bottle opacity) on infant weight gain.

Conditions

Pediatric Obesity, Weight Gain Trajectory, Infant Obesity

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Study overview

This study will use a 2 x 2 factorial design to test impact of two intervention strategies (bottle size and bottle opacity) on infant weight gain.

Assessing Better Bottles for Babies (AB3)

Assessing Better Bottles for Babies

Condition
Pediatric Obesity
Intervention / Treatment

-

Contacts and Locations

Durham

Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, United States, 27704

Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

  • * Child is 3 days old to 1 month old
  • * Greater than 37 weeks gestational age at birth
  • * Birth weight greater than 3% for sex-specific WHO growth standard
  • * Caregiver must plan to use local clinic as infant's primary medical home for first 6 months of life
  • * Caregiver must speak English or Spanish as primary preferred language
  • * Caregiver age 18 years or older
  • * Caregiver must agree to use intervention bottles assigned during randomization and agree to stop using their existing bottles during the study period
  • * Multiple gestation
  • * Significant congenital anomaly or acquired or inherited condition directly affecting feeding, physiology, metabolism, or growth
  • * Feeding with soy-based, hydrolyzed, lactose-reduced, or elemental formula
  • * Weight loss greater than 95% for population reference in the first two weeks of life

Ages Eligible for Study

3 Days to 1 Month

Sexes Eligible for Study

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Collaborators and Investigators

Duke University,

Charles T Wood, MD, MPH, PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR, Duke University

Study Record Dates

2026-04-01