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A Nutrition and Parenting Program for Fathers and Their Pre-school Age Children

NCT03071419 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 72

Last updated 2019-06-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This pilot study evaluates the feasibility and impact of a father-focused childhood obesity prevention program on paternal food-related parenting practices, mealtime behaviors and father/child nutrition and physical activity behaviors. Half of participants (low-income father and child dyads) will receive an intervention immediately while the other half of participants will serve as a wait-list control group and receive the intervention at a later date.

Conditions

  • Pediatric Obesity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Nutrition and Parenting Intervention

The proposed intervention will evaluate and explore the unique influences that low-income fathers have on their preschool age children's obesogenic behaviors and obesity risk.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Connecticut

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Amy R Mobley, PhD, RD · University of Connecticut

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
MALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-12-31
Primary Completion
2018-12-31
Completion
2019-04-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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