Evaluation of Child Care Staff Weight Management Program

Summary

The goal of this 12-month cluster clinical trial is to evaluate if improving child care providers' health behaviors using an online provider weight management program elicits meaningful change in dietary and physical activity behaviors in 2-5-year-old preschool children in their care and the child care environment.

The study sample will include 84 child care centers. Including: 84 center directors, 168 2-5-year-old classroom teachers, 672 2-5-year old children.

Some centers will do only the online Nutrition and Physical Activity Self-Assessment for Child Care (Go NAPSACC) program. This program works with child care center directors to make changes to their center around child nutrition and physical activity to foster healthier habits for the children enrolled in their care. Other centers will do Go NAPSACC Enhanced. This will include center directors doing Go NAPSACC and 2-5 year old teachers doing an online weight management program with support.

Researchers will compare centers in Go NAPSACC with centers in Go NAPSACC Enhanced to see if there are greater improvements in children's diet quality and physical activity, as well as the nutrition and physical activity environment of centers in the Go NAPSACC Enhanced group. Additionally, they will see if there are greater improvements in teachers' weight, diet quality, and physical activity in centers using Go NAPSACC Enhanced.

Conditions

• Obesity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Go NAPSACC Enhanced

Centers will receive the Go NAPSACC program as well as an online weight management intervention that focuses on personal weight management strategies. Participants will have access to materials that will support their adoption of evidence-based strategies for their weight management or loss goal. Behavior change strategies used are meant to increase intervention adherence and improve weight loss.

BEHAVIORAL

Go NAPSACC

Go NAPSACC is an online evidence-based behavioral intervention that supports centers as they adopt center-wide healthy weight practices. It anticipates producing change in the child care environment through fostering best practices in center provisions, practices, policies, and professional development around child nutrition and physical activity and in turn foster healthier habits in the children in their care.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

  collaborator NIH

• UNC Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Erik Willis, PhD · University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

2 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2023-01-18

Primary Completion

2026-11-30

Completion

2027-05-31

Countries

• United States

Study Locations