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Promoting Self-Regulation Skills and Healthy Eating Habits in Early Head Start

NCT03958214 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 244

Last updated 2020-02-27

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of a new curriculum on toddlers' self-regulation skills and healthy eating habits. The curriculum is being delivered as part of Early Head Start home visits and compared to the effectiveness of usual practice Early Head Start home visits.

Conditions

  • Poverty

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Recipe 4 Success

Home visitors teach parents about children's self-regulation skills and healthy eating habits. The home visitors then teach parents how to sensitively scaffold the development of their toddlers' self-regulation skills in the context of cooking and snack preparation lessons. Prior research shows that self-regulation skills in early childhood predict long-term health indicators, such as BMI. Prior research also shows that children who are involved in the preparation of healthier foods are more likely to eat them.

BEHAVIORAL

Usual practice Early Head Start

Home visitors will continue to deliver usual practice Early Head Start home visits that follow a standard curriculum and are tailored on an ongoing basis to meet individual family needs.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Penn State University

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Wisconsin, Madison

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Robert Nix, PhD · University of Wisconsin, Madison

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2016-11-08
Primary Completion
2020-01-20
Completion
2020-01-20

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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