Parents and Tots Together: A Family-Based Obesity Prevention Intervention
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Conditions studied: Obesity
In brief
The obesity epidemic has spared no age group, including our youngest children. My and others' formative research shows that ethnically-diverse, low-income parents of young children are enthusiastic about learning general parenting skills, such as discipline strategies, but less interested in nutrition and physical activity. To capitalize on this enthusiasm, I will create and test an intervention that embeds strategies to improve child weight-related behaviors within a general skills parenting program. The overall goal of this study is to assess Parents and Tots Together (PTT), a family-based intervention to prevent obesity among children age 2 through 5 years. To achieve this goal, my colleagues and I will conduct a randomized controlled trial (RCT) among ethnically diverse, primarily low-income families. Our specific aims are to: 1. Determine the extent to which the intervention, compared with a control condition, results in a smaller age-associated increase in body mass index (BMI) among children after a 3- month intervention and a 9-month follow-up period (primary outcome). 2. Determine the extent to which the intervention, compared with a control condition, results in: 1. Improved parent general parenting behaviors, i.e., increased use of positive discipline strategies. 2. Improved parent feeding practices, i.e., increased responsiveness to child satiety cues. 3. Improved child weight-related behaviors, i.e., increased sleep duration and physical activity, and reduced sugar-sweetened beverage intake and television/video viewing.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02222766
- Run by
- University of Guelph
- People needed
- 112
- Starts
- 2011-06-01
- Expected to finish
- 2013-10-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2014-08-21
Who can join
Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- parents who have a child aged 2-5 years
- respond to interviews and questionnaires in English or Spanish
You may not qualify if…
- any families who plan to move during the study period
- children or parents with severe health conditions that would prohibit them from participating in study activities
Where it is running
- Harvard Pilgrim Health Care — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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