PALS-CATCH Intervention for Obesity Prevention Among At-risk Toddlers

Status unconfirmed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Childhood Obesity

In brief

The purpose of this study is to learn whether a combination of two research-proven programs, a responsive caregiving parenting program and a childhood obesity prevention program, will have an effect on toddlers' healthy nutrition and physical activity behaviors. Investigators hypothesize that the children participating in the intervention will have significantly lower BMI z-scores, lower intake of sugar sweetened beverages, and increased number of servings of fruits and vegetables, and minutes of physical activity.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02739334

Run by

The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston

People needed

60

Starts

2016-03-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-04-15

Who can join

Age: 2 and older, up to 4. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• child is 2 - 3 years at the time of enrollment
• child is >85th percentile for BMI
• ability of the parents to speak and read in English at the 4th grade level
• provide primarily in-home care for the children at the time of enrollment
• child is Medicaid eligible

You may not qualify if…

• acute secondary complications of obesity for child (e.g., severe respiratory insufficiency)
• child with endocrine abnormalities
• child with severe obesity (>99.5th BMI percentile)
• children who have participated in an obesity treatment program within the past year
• parent with significant sensory impairments (e.g. deaf, blind)
• parent with BMI >40.0

Where it is running

• University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston — Houston, Texas, United States (enrolling)

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