Building Blocks for Healthy Preschoolers

Stopped early · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Pediatric Obesity

In brief

Pediatric obesity, a defining health problem of the century, leads to long-term health disparities. This application evaluates strategies to prevent health disparities early in life by developing environmental wellness-related interventions focused on child-care center staff and families. Childcare centers provide an excellent opportunity to build healthy dietary and physical activity lifestyle habits and avoid the rapid weight gain that leads to health disparities. Building on a statewide survey among childcare centers and a pilot evaluation of an environmental intervention, this 3-cell randomized trial evaluates the impact of a staff-led wellness intervention and a staff-led and family-focused intervention, against a control condition.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03111264

Run by

University of Maryland, Baltimore

People needed

1943

Starts

2016-06-17

Expected to finish

2020-03-13

Last updated by the study team

2021-05-10

Who can join

Age: 18 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Preschooler 30-54 months
• Caregiver and childcare staff must be at least 18 years old
• Childcare center staff members willing to participate
• Licensed childcare centers serving low-income communities
• Children attending participating childcare centers (at least 3 days per week)

You may not qualify if…

• Caregivers and staff who do not speak or read English
• Childcare staff and preschoolers with health problems that would interfere with participation in physical activities

Where it is running

• University of Maryland Growth and Nutrition Division — Baltimore, Maryland, United States

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