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weSIPsmarter: Evaluating a Digital Health Intervention Aimed at Reducing Sugary Drinks Among Rural Head Start Preschoolers and Their Parents

weSIPsmarter: An Adaptation and Efficacy Trial to Evaluate a Behaviorally Based Digital Health Intervention Aimed at Reducing Sugary Drinks Among Rural Head Start Preschoolers and Their Parents

Who can join

Ages 2 and older · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Head Start sites: Head Start sites will be located in or adjacent to a rural county (RUCC 4-9), fall within the planned Appalachia and Black Belt regions, have an enrollment of 120 families or more, and exhibit commitment and capacity to the scope of work.
2. Participants: Children enrolled must be between the ages of 2 and 5 year, be enrolled in a participating Head Start, and have a legal guardian ("parent," able under law to consent for their child to participate) who has enrolled in the trial themselves and provided consent for the child. Only one parent-child dyad per household is eligible to participate in the trial.

Exclusion Criteria:

* Parents could not have participated in formative work for this study completed under SBS 4522.

About the study

This study will include 12 rural Head Start programs, randomly assigned to one of two groups: weSIPsmarter vs. control. The main goal is to find out if weSIPsmarter helps reduce sugary drink consumption in preschool-aged children and their parents.

What is being tested

• weSIPsmarter (behavioral)
• weLearn2Read (behavioral)

Sponsor: University of Virginia · Participants: 744 · Started: Aug 6, 2025

Contact the study team

• Jamie Zoellner, PhD RD · Phone: (434) 924-5999

Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT07046351

Locations in the U.S.

From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Sep 30, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.