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Reducing Obesity Through Play Among Toddlers: Tiny Steps to Health (TSHS) Study

NCT06918821 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 300

Last updated 2026-05-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to test various ways to help toddlers develop healthy eating and activity behaviors. Parents and toddlers, who participate in this research will be randomly assigned to either 1) continue their lifestyle behaviors for 10-weeks and then receive a health club membership for 1-month, 2) attend a health promotion playgroup together for 10 weeks, or 3) to attend an educational class for parents while toddlers are in childcare for 10-weeks. Physical measures of toddlers (height, weight, dietary intake, activity) will be collected. Parent-report surveys with questions about parenting, toddler diet, toddler temperament, food security status, demographic qualities, and satisfaction with group assignment will be collected. Last, the interactions between parents and toddlers will be observed and assessed during short play tasks via Zoom. All measures will be collected immediately upon signing up for the study (week 0), 10-weeks later (post), and 24-weeks after signing up for the study.

Conditions

  • Childhood Obesity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Healthy Toddler Parent Group (HTPG)

Parent education class

BEHAVIORAL

Families Understanding Nutrition and Physically Active Lifestyles (FUNPALs) Playgroup

Family playgroup

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institutes of Health (NIH)

    collaborator NIH

  • Baylor College of Medicine

    collaborator OTHER

  • Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Houston

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Months
Max Age
36 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-05-17
Primary Completion
2029-02-28
Completion
2029-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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