Pune slum food study seeks to uncover why kids eat unhealthy
NCT ID NCT07146477
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at how the food available in Pune's urban slums influences what caregivers feed children under five. Researchers will interview 370 families and local food vendors to understand food availability, cost, safety, and convenience. The goal is to find ways to help families make healthier choices for their kids.
This is an AI summary of the original study and may miss details. Read our disclaimer.
Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
-
About 370 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Expected to start
-
Sep 2025
An estimate. Start dates often move.
- Expected to finish
-
Jun 2027
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
-
Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
1. The study population will consist of Infant and young child caregivers living in slums who have a child or children less than five years of age and had enrolled in an earlier study to assess utilization of maternal healthcare services in these slums. 2. Food vendors (stores, mobile informal vendors and hawkers, and restaurants) who function in the 500 m radius of the household.
- Ages
-
18 years and older
- Sex
-
Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
-
Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
Show the full entry requirements Hide the full entry requirements
Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * For Family Units: 1. Families who had participated in the previous house-to-house survey to determine maternal healthcare utilization and infant and young child feeding practices. 2. Families where all the female caregivers are willing to participate. * For Food Vendors: 1. Food vendors who regularly carry out business in the 500 m radius of the household. 2. Willingness to participate in the study. Exclusion Criteria: * 1\. Families who were a part of the earlier project but have moved out of the survey area.
Get updates
Get notified about this study
Sign up to get updates when this study changes or when new studies for Feeding practices are added.
Genom att skicka in godkänner du våra Användarvillkor
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
-
The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
-
The official record
ClinicalTrials.gov lists the study team's own contact details, including names and phone numbers. We don't republish those.
-
A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
-
Hirabai Cowasji Jehangir Medical Research Institute
Pune, Maharashtra, 411001, India
More trials for these conditions
Other studies related to the condition(s) this trial covers.
- Can smartphones help save mothers and babies in rural cambodia?
- Can a new program make childbirth safer in malawi? a study investigates.
- Ethiopian villages test if neighbor-led counseling boosts mom and baby health
- Food label education aims to boost healthy eating in vulnerable communities
- Do social media ads make teens eat more? new study investigates.
- Study reveals how food labels shape your Fast-Food choices