Mothers and Others: Family-based Obesity Prevention for Infants and Toddlers

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Obesity

In brief

The purpose of this study is to conduct a randomized controlled trial among 468 Non-Hispanic black mothers and their families to test the efficacy of MOTHERS AND OTHERS, a multi-component home visitation program, compared to an attention control (child safety) in promoting appropriate weight gain during infancy.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01938118

Run by

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

People needed

430

Starts

2013-10-01

Expected to finish

2017-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-04-19

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Self identifies as non-Hispanic, African-American
• Less than 28 weeks pregnant at time of screening and recruitment
• Expecting a singleton birth
• Maternal age at time of birth will be at 18-39 years
• Lives within specified distance of study site
• Not intending to leave study area before expectant child's 15th month of life
• Agreeable to referring another family member/caregiver to participate in the study

You may not qualify if…

• Pre-term birth (<= 36 weeks gestation)
• Less than 18 years at time of delivery
• Delivers infant with a congenital anomaly or medical condition that significantly affects feeding (e.g., cleft lip and/or palate, metabolic disease)
• Delivers multiples
• Newborn nursery, neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), or maternity floor stay for 7 or more days after the delivery

Where it is running

• Center for Women's Health Research, University of North Carolina — Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

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