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Evaluation of a Primary Care Weight Management Program in Children Aged 2 to 5 Years

NCT03487614 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 184

Last updated 2023-07-25

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Primary care offers a promising setting for promoting parenting practices that shape healthy eating and physical activity behaviors of young children. This study assessed the impact of a parent-based, primary care intervention on the feeding habits, health behaviors, and body mass index (BMI) of 2-5 year olds with elevated or rapidly-increasing BMI. Four private pediatric offices in West Michigan were assigned as control (n=2) or intervention (n=2) sites based on patient load and demographics. Treatment families were recruited at well-child visits to receive physician health-behavior counseling and four visits with a registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN) over a 6-month period. Outcomes included percent of the 95th BMI percentile (%BMI95), the Family Nutrition and Physical Activity survey (FNPA), and the Feeding Practices and Structure Questionnaire (FPSQ).

Conditions

  • Childhood Obesity
  • Feeding Behavior
  • Physical Activity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Behavior-based parental intervention

Behavioral intervention designed to promote healthy feeding behaviors in parents of 2-5 year olds, and to modify parenting practices in a way that encourages adequate physical activity, sufficient sleep, and healthy nutrition, while limiting sedentary behaviors.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Blue Care Network of Michigan

    collaborator OTHER

  • We Are For Children, LLC

    collaborator UNKNOWN

  • Spectrum Health Hospitals

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jared M Tucker, PhD · Spectrum Health Hospitals

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
2 Years
Max Age
5 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-07-01
Primary Completion
2023-05-01
Completion
2023-05-01

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