Addressing Health Literacy and Numeracy to Prevent Childhood Obesity
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Obesity Prevention
In brief
In 2003, Surgeon General Richard Carmona suggested that low health literacy is "one of the largest contributors to our nation's epidemic of overweight and obesity." Over 26% of preschool children are now overweight or obese, and children who are overweight by age 24 months are five times as likely as non-overweight children to become overweight adolescents. The aim of the study is to assess the efficacy of a low-literacy/numeracy-oriented intervention aimed at teaching pediatric resident physicians to promote healthy family lifestyles and prevent overweight among young children (age 0-2) and their families in under-resourced communities.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT01040897
- Run by
- Vanderbilt University
- People needed
- 865
- Starts
- 2010-04-28
- Expected to finish
- 2014-10-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2018-08-21
Who can join
Age: 0 and older, up to 0. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
Where it is running
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center — Nashville, Tennessee, United States
Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov
Trial information comes from ClinicalTrials.gov and is refreshed daily. TrialsForMe does not provide medical care and does not run the studies it lists.