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Intervening in Food Insecurity to Reduce and Mitigate (InFoRM) Childhood Obesity

NCT05586269 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 59

Last updated 2025-05-22

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Summary

The goals of this study are to 1) pilot the feasibility of a novel meal kit delivery intervention in families and children with food insecurity and obesity and 2) evaluate the implementation of the pilot intervention.

Conditions

  • Pediatric Obesity
  • Nutrition Disorders
  • Overnutrition, Child
  • Obesity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Meal Kit Delivery

Dyads (caregiver + child) receive one meal kit delivery per week. One meal kit is designed to include two recipes and ingredients to prepare 10 servings (\~2 meals for a household 5 people). Meal kits come with printed picture-based recipes in English or Spanish and access to online cooking demonstrations.

BEHAVIORAL

Newsletter + Food Pantry Referral

Dyads (caregiver + child) receive a printed newsletter in English and Spanish that lists additional local food assistance resources. Dyads receive a referral to the clinic's associated food pantry.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Allison J Wu, MD, MPH · Boston Children's Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

Min Age
6 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2023-02-13
Primary Completion
2023-11-02
Completion
2024-01-25

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

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