Family Intervention to Prevent Childhood Obesity

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Conditions studied: Childhood Obesity

In brief

Consumption of sweetened beverages, media-viewing, and physical activity patterns are often established during early childhood, and family-based obesity interventions show effectiveness in shaping healthy behaviors and weight outcomes for young children, including Latino children. Missing from these interventions, however, are methods to increase accessibility and dissemination to multiple family caregivers. The proposed work will use a randomized study design to evaluate the impact a family-based early childhood obesity intervention for Latino families that incorporates evidence-based strategies of in-person childhood obesity interventions, mobile phones, and leverages important determinants of Latino health (e.g. familism, language) in order to decrease ethnic disparities in childhood obesity and cardiovascular risk.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT05606731

Run by

University of California, Los Angeles

People needed

182

Starts

2023-11-06

Expected to finish

2026-12-31

Last updated by the study team

2025-03-10

Who can join

Age: 2 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Adult caregivers of a young child who:
• self-identify as an individual of Latino descent
• have a 2- to 5-year-old child/grandchild who is overweight or obese, defined as having a BMI>85% for age and sex
• lives with or cares for the child at least 20 hours per week (the relationship does not have to be biological
• speaks Spanish or English
• ability and willingness to participate in the intervention (determined with a Subject Comprehension and Participation Assessment Tool)
• agrees to complete baseline, 1-, 6-, 12-month post-intervention data collection protocols

You may not qualify if…

• Caregivers of a child with:
• medical conditions related to overweight status such as Prader-Willi Syndrome
• taking weight loss medication
• participating in a weight loss program.

Where it is running

• Head Start — Los Angeles, California, United States (enrolling)

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