Children's Mealtime Study Looking for Children Ages 3-8

The E.K. Shriver Center is committed to learning about how to improve the lives of children with intellectual disability and developmental delays. In order to understand mealtimes, we are looking for both children with intellectual disability and typically developing children.

The study involves one 2 hour visit with the child and parent at a UMass Medical School-affiliated site. During the visit the child and parent are each weighed and measured. The parent completes a series of questionnaires asking about what they eat, what the child eats, the child’s mealtime behaviors, and the parent’s feeding practices. At the end of the visit we teach the parent to keep a food record at home to record what their child eats over three days.

The parent will receive up to $85 compensation in the form of a gift cards; the child will receive a $15 gift card for their participation.

For more information contact Rosalie: Phone: 774-455-6521

UMMS IRB Docket # H-H00001420