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Family Intervention to Prevent Childhood Obesity
A Hybrid Mobile Phone Family Intervention to Prevent Childhood Obesity
Who can join
Ages 2 and older · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: Adult caregivers of a young child who: * self-identify as an individual of Latino descent * have a 2- to 5-year-old child/grandchild who is overweight or obese, defined as having a BMI\>85% for age and sex * lives with or cares for the child at least 20 hours per week (the relationship does not have to be biological * speaks Spanish or English * ability and willingness to participate in the intervention (determined with a Subject Comprehension and Participation Assessment Tool) * agrees to complete baseline, 1-, 6-, 12-month post-intervention data collection protocols Exclusion Criteria: Caregivers of a child with: * medical conditions related to overweight status such as Prader-Willi Syndrome * taking weight loss medication * participating in a weight loss program.
About the study
Consumption of sweetened beverages, media-viewing, and physical activity patterns are often established during early childhood, and family-based obesity interventions show effectiveness in shaping healthy behaviors and weight outcomes for young children, including Latino children. Missing from these interventions, however, are methods to increase accessibility and dissemination to multiple family caregivers. The proposed work will use a randomized study design to evaluate the impact a family-based early childhood obesity intervention for Latino families that incorporates evidence-based strategies of in-person childhood obesity interventions, mobile phones, and leverages important determinants of Latino health (e.g. familism, language) in order to decrease ethnic disparities in childhood obesity and cardiovascular risk.
What is being tested
- Family-Based Childhood Obesity Intervention (behavioral)
Sponsor: University of California, Los Angeles · Participants: 182 · Started: Nov 6, 2023
Contact the study team
- Alma D Guerrero, MD, MPH · Phone: (310) 267-2789
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT05606731
Locations in the U.S.
| California | Head Start, Los Angeles |
Conditions
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.