NCT03950453

Preventing Childhood Obesity Through a Mindfulness-Based Parent Stress Intervention

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 246 (actual)
• Sponsor: Yale University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 2 Years – 5 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study will examine the mediator/moderator variables that affect efficacy of a parent stress intervention with nutrition education (PMH+N: parenting mindfully for health) vs. Control intervention with nutrition education (CTL+N) on parent stress, parenting, health behaviors and child obesity risk. A non-randomized historical control group will also be assessed during the intervention and follow-up periods throughout to obtain outcome assessment without any interventions being provided.

Detailed description

This is a 5-year interdisciplinary project to assess a 12-week Parenting Mindfully for Health (PMH) + nutrition counseling (N) versus contact control intervention (C) + nutrition counseling (N), to examine short-term and long term enduring effects of PMH+N to promote healthy eating and physical activity in parent and child, and prevent childhood obesity risk in 2-5 year olds, via changes in parent stress and parenting. A non-randomized historical control group will also be assessed during the intervention and follow-up periods throughout to obtain outcome assessment without any interventions being provided.

Conditions

• Child Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Parenting Mindfully for Health Nutrition (PMH)	PMH will include included the following components: 1. mindfulness strategies as outlined in the MBSR manual, 2. mindful parenting concepts, 3. mindful eating and awareness of family choices; 4. self and child monitoring of food intake, PA and emotional reactivity; 5. utilizing mindfulness for emotion regulation and distress tolerance, 6. behavioral strategies of goal setting and implementing increasing frequency of healthy food intake and physical activity (PA)
BEHAVIORAL	Contact Control Nutrition (C+N)	Contact Control Group where parents engage in a quiet, relaxing, but stimulating activity and also nutrition counseling.
OTHER	Non-randomized historical control (WLC) assessment only	Non-randomized, historical control group with only assessments during intervention and follow-up period.

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-11-11
• Primary completion: 2023-06-30
• Completion: 2024-10-31
• First posted: 2019-05-15
• Last updated: 2024-02-15

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States