Early Childhood Obesity Prevention Program

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Body Weight Changes

In brief

This study is proposed on behalf of the Hartford Childhood Wellness Alliance, a 107 member, 35 group organization whose goal is to improve the health of children in Hartford, CT. In a randomized control trial, the primary aim of this study is to test the initial efficacy of a program of enhanced home visitation with neighborhood and community support to change maternal behaviors related to infant nutrition (sweetened beverage/juice consumption, breastfeeding and introduction of solids), parenting skills (establishing routines around sleep, reading cues for hunger, satiety, television time) and family wellness (improving the home food environment, enhancing physical activity). The investigators hypothesize that at 12 months of age, infants in the intervention arm will drink less sugar sweetened beverages/juices, will have ingested solids at an older age, will have been breastfed longer and more exclusively than infants in the control arm and will have less TV viewing, more established sleep routines and greater soothability (primary outcomes).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02052518

Run by

Connecticut Children's Medical Center

People needed

57

Starts

2013-06-01

Expected to finish

2016-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-03-03

Who can join

Age: any, up to 0. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Enrolled in the Nurturing Families Network Program
• Singleton birth >34 weeks gestation
• Any race or ethnicity
• ECHO neighborhood
• Mothers and their newborns

You may not qualify if…

• Mothers or newborns with special health care needs
• Infant with major malformation
• Small for Gestational Age/low birth weight

Where it is running

• Connecticut Children's Medical Center — Hartford, Connecticut, United States

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