ONE PATH: Optimizing Nutrition Education for Parents and Teachers for Healthy Growth

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Conditions studied: Childhood Obesity, Self-regulation, Appetite Regulation

In brief

This proposal uses an innovative methodological framework, the multiphase optimization strategy (MOST), to design an effective and efficient responsive feeding (RF) intervention that promotes child appetite self-regulation among a high-risk sample: families with preschoolers living in rural poverty. The principles of MOST emphasize efficiency, allowing identification of the most efficacious intervention components (i.e., components that contribute to treatment effects) while minimizing participant burden and cost. ONE PATH will intervene on \~768 dyads recruited from 56 classrooms serving largely low-income, rural populations.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03817021

Run by

Penn State University

People needed

1461

Starts

2022-07-21

Expected to finish

2025-07-07

Last updated by the study team

2025-10-15

Who can join

Age: 2 and older, up to 6. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• children must be enrolled in a participating Head Start or Pre-K Counts center
• children must be between 2 and 6 years old
• parent or primary caregiver must be 18 years or older
• parent/child English speaking
• ECE providers must be employed in participating Head Start or Pre-K Counts center

You may not qualify if…

• Parents will not be eligible to participate if their child is not eligible and/or not enrolled in the study
• ECE providers will not be eligible if they do not teach in a participating preschool classroom

Where it is running

• Pennsylvania State University — University Park, Pennsylvania, United States

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