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Preventing Childhood Obesity Through Early Guidance

NCT01905072 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 177

Last updated 2020-01-18

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Summary

The goal of this study is to compare the effectiveness of structured CHW- provided home visits, using an intervention created through community-based participatory research, to standard care received through WIC office visits in preventing the development of overweight (weight/length \>85th percentile) and obesity (weight/length \>95th percentile) in infants during their first 2 years of life.

Hypothesis 1: Children in the intervention group will remain within their growth centiles in height/weight and weight for age, while children in the control group will increase in height/weight percentiles and weight percentiles more rapidly (\> .67 SD) during the first year of life.

Hypothesis 2: Fewer children who receive the intervention will have BMI \>95th percentile at ages 2 and 3 than the children in the control group.

Hypothesis 3: Children who receive the intervention will exclusively breastfeed for a longer period of time than will children in the control group.

Hypothesis 4: Children who receive the intervention will have a higher percentage of fruits and vegetables and a lower percentage of sweetened beverages, desserts, and candy in their diets at ages 1, 2, and 3, than will children in the control group.

Hypothesis 5: Parents in the intervention group will be more responsive to infant feeding cues (hunger, satiety)than parents in the control group.

Conditions

  • Childhood Obesity

Interventions

OTHER

Education Home Visits

Intervention will include educational home visits on: 1. Growth monitoring and feedback 2. Feeding: support exclusive breastfeeding until 6 months; delay solid feeding until 6 months; appropriate amounts of food for age; stop bottle feeding at 12 months; have nothing but breast milk/formula/4 oz juice in bottle; limit juice amount to 4 oz day; introduce cup by 10-11 months; no sweetened beverages; limited amounts of sweets. 3. Parenting: recognizing hunger and satiety cues; handling colic/crying; engaging baby in play. 4. Activity: being active with the baby; no screen time for baby and limited to 1 hour for 1-3 year olds; promote active play while maintaining safety. 5. Sleep: at least 10-12 hours sleep per day needed; how to promote sleeping environment for baby.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Arizona State University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Elizabeth A Reifsnider, PhD RN FAAN · Arizona State University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Day
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-10-31
Primary Completion
2017-06-30
Completion
2017-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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