Healthy Home Offerings Via the Mealtime Environment (HOME) Plus

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Obesity

In brief

The goal of the proposed project is to see if an innovative family-based intervention can reduce childhood obesity by actively engaging the whole family in promoting healthy behaviors in the home. In additions, the project will also examine how the HOME Plus family intervention influences children's dietary intake, frequency of family meals, availability of healthy and unhealthy foods in the home and served at meals and snacks, and screen time (TV, game systems). The study will provide important information on strategies that families can use at home to prevent obesity.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01538615

Run by

University of Minnesota

People needed

413

Starts

2010-07-01

Expected to finish

2016-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-03-01

Who can join

Age: 8 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• the target child is between the ages of 8-12 years
• the target adult parent or guardian is the primary food preparer in the home
• target child has an age and gender adjusted body mass index at or above the 50th percentile
• participants are willing to be randomized into one of two groups (intervention or control)
• target child must live with participating adult most of the time

You may not qualify if…

• participants plan to move out of the area in the next six months
• participants have a severe food allergy, limitation, or medical condition that prevents them from participating in the intervention
• participants do not speak and read in English

Where it is running

• University of Minnesota, School of Nursing — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

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