NCT03958214

Promoting Self-Regulation Skills and Healthy Eating Habits in Early Head Start

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 244 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Wisconsin, Madison · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 2 Years – 3 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to test the effectiveness of a new curriculum on toddlers' self-regulation skills and healthy eating habits. The curriculum is being delivered as part of Early Head Start home visits and compared to the effectiveness of usual practice Early Head Start home visits.

Conditions

• Poverty

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Recipe 4 Success	Home visitors teach parents about children's self-regulation skills and healthy eating habits. The home visitors then teach parents how to sensitively scaffold the development of their toddlers' self-regulation skills in the context of cooking and snack preparation lessons. Prior research shows that self-regulation skills in early childhood predict long-term health indicators, such as BMI. Prior research also shows that children who are involved in the preparation of healthier foods are more likely to eat them.
BEHAVIORAL	Usual practice Early Head Start	Home visitors will continue to deliver usual practice Early Head Start home visits that follow a standard curriculum and are tailored on an ongoing basis to meet individual family needs.

Timeline

• Start date: 2016-11-08
• Primary completion: 2020-01-20
• Completion: 2020-01-20
• First posted: 2019-05-21
• Last updated: 2020-02-27

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States