NCT02739334

PALS-CATCH Intervention for Obesity Prevention Among At-risk Toddlers

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 24 Months – 48 Months
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to learn whether a combination of two research-proven programs, a responsive caregiving parenting program and a childhood obesity prevention program, will have an effect on toddlers' healthy nutrition and physical activity behaviors. Investigators hypothesize that the children participating in the intervention will have significantly lower BMI z-scores, lower intake of sugar sweetened beverages, and increased number of servings of fruits and vegetables, and minutes of physical activity.

Conditions

• Childhood Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	ENRICH	The intervention, called ENRICH (Encouraging Nurturing Responsiveness to Improve Child Health), is a 10-week home-based parent-centered curriculum designed to facilitate parents' mastery of skills for interacting with their toddler to increase opportunities for healthy eating and activity. Each weekly session is a 60 minute session implemented by a trained coach.
BEHAVIORAL	Control - monthly handouts	The control group receives monthly handouts (one per month) for 3 months that provides information on various topics including child cognitive and language development and child behaviors as it pertains to 2 and 3 year old children.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-03-01
• Primary completion: 2017-06-01
• First posted: 2016-04-15
• Last updated: 2016-04-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States