The National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) awarded a $651,473 Project Grant under the Diabetes, Digestive, and Kidney Diseases Extramural Research program (CFDA 93.847) to Trustees of Dartmouth College. The project aims to characterize the relationships between genetic obesity risk, parental coercive feeding practices, and children's appetitive traits and adiposity gain from ages 2-5. The research will use longitudinal assessments, genetic risk profiling, and objective measures of children's food approach behaviors to understand how genetic predisposition and parental feeding practices interact to influence obesity development in early childhood. Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic is a subrecipient on the grant, contributing specialized medical research capabilities. The project seeks to provide insights that can inform tailored strategies to support healthy eating behaviors in young children at high genetic risk for obesity.
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