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Healthy Mothers-Healthy Children Nutrition

NCT03866902 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 578

Last updated 2026-05-08

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Summary

Using a randomized two-group, repeated measures experimental design, the goal of the proposed study is to investigate the efficacy of a 12-week nutrition and exercise education, physical activity, coping skills training, and home-based physical activity intervention in Hispanic women and their 3-5 year old children and 6 months of continued monthly contact to help overweight and obese Hispanic mothers improve adiposity, weight, health behaviors, and self-efficacy and their 3-5 year old children improve their adiposity and weight gain trajectory and health behaviors.

Conditions

  • Overweight and Obesity
  • Adiposity
  • Nutrient; Excess
  • Physical Activity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Nutrition and Physical Activity Intervention

Mothers. Twelve weekly classes for one hour focused on nutrition and exercise education and coping skills training followed by a forty five minute exercise class for mothers. Then they will return for one hour for continued support and a forty-five minute exercise class. Children. Twelve weekly classes for one hour focused on Color Me Healthy and one hour of free play. Then 6 monthly continued support classes where a Color Me Healthy class will be reviewed and they will have one hour of free play.

OTHER

English for Second Language Intervention

Mothers. Control group mothers will receive 12 weekly English for Second Language classes for one hour and forty-five minutes. Then 6 monthly one hour and forty minute follow-up classes receiving English for Second Language material. Children. Control group children will receive 12 weekly one hour and forty five minutes of having books read to them. Followed by 6 monthly meetings for one hour and 45 minutes being read to and coloring with crayons.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Nursing Research (NINR)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Miami

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Hudson Santos, PhD · University of Miami

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
3 Years
Max Age
50 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-02-08
Primary Completion
2023-04-13
Completion
2024-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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