Míranos! Program, a Preschool Obesity Prevention RCT

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Obesity, Healthy Eating, Physical Activity, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Gross Motor Development

In brief

The prevalence of obesity remains high in American children aged 2-5 while one in three Head Start children is overweight or obese. The proposed study is designed to test the efficacy of an early childhood obesity prevention program which promotes healthy growth in predominantly Latino children in Head Start. The program is a group clustered randomized controlled trial in partnership with two local Head Start organizations to address key enablers and barriers in obesity prevention in young children. The study has three specific aims: 1. To test the efficacy of the Miranos! intervention on healthy weight growth (primary outcome) in normal weight, overweight, and obese children. 2. To test the impact of the Miranos! intervention on children's physical activity, sedentary behavior, sleep, and dietary behaviors (secondary outcomes). 3. To evaluate cost-effectiveness of the Miranos! intervention. Miranos! will be delivered in Fall and Spring (8 months) and followed by a summer health campaign.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03590834

Run by

The University of Texas at San Antonio

People needed

525

Starts

2018-08-01

Expected to finish

2023-08-31

Last updated by the study team

2023-12-07

Who can join

Age: 3 and older, up to 5. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• The child must be enrolled in a full-day Head Start center
• The child must be 3 years old at baseline, one child per family, parental consent

You may not qualify if…

• N/A

Where it is running

• University of Texas at San Antonio — San Antonio, Texas, United States

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