Child OvernutritionNCT05166629
Eatable Alphabet as a Nutrition Education Tool
A study testing Eatable Alphabet in people with Child Overnutrition and Child Obesity, run by Northwell Health at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
This pilot randomized controlled trial will test the effectiveness of Eatable Alphabet cards, a child friendly nutrition education tool, on child weight and related behaviors in a clinical sample of 2 to 10-year-old children with overweight/obesity, referred to a pediatric weight management program. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 2 to 10 years
- Conditions the study is for
- Child Overnutrition, Child Obesity, Child Nutrition Disorders
- What is being tested?
- Eatable Alphabet
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 160 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 1 Sep 2023to 31 Dec 2026
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- Not yet: the study is under way
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 2 to 10 years
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Child
Who may be able to join
- New patient at Cohen Children's Medical Center POWER Kids weight management program (defined as not having been seen by the program within the past 2 years)
- Child between the ages of 2-10
- English-speaking
Who cannot join
- No appropriate caregiver available for consent.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
Cohen Children's Medical Center
New Hyde Park, New York, 11040
About this study
Official title: Measuring the Effectiveness of Eatable Alphabet Cards as a Nutrition Education Tool in a Pediatric Weight Management Program
This pilot randomized controlled trial will test the effectiveness of Eatable Alphabet cards, a child friendly nutrition education tool, on child weight and related behaviors in a clinical sample of 2 to 10-year-old children with overweight/obesity, referred to a pediatric weight management program.
Read the detailed description
The goal of this research study is to determine whether the use of Eatable Alphabet cards in addition to standard weight management in a primary care setting will increase vegetable consumption. Additional outcomes that will be examined include fruit consumption, child engagement in meal selection and preparation, and clinic follow-up. If the intervention shows a significant effect in the above outcome measures, Eatable Alphabet cards can be implemented as a standard component of obesity management in primary care settings. It is hypothesized that the intervention will increase vegetable consumption, increase child engagement in meal selection and preparation, and increase clinic follow-up.
The study design is randomized control trial, in which the control group includes parent-child dyads receiving care as usual in the weight management program, including nutrition education, and the intervention group includes parent-child dyads receiving care as usual in the weight management program plus Eatable Alphabet cards in addition to typical nutrition education. All study participants will be families receiving care at the POWER Kids Weight Management Program at 410 Lakeville Road, with the child between the ages of 2 and 10 who have overweight or obesity. The primary outcome is parent reported frequency of child vegetable consumption. Secondary outcomes include: parent reported frequency of child fruit consumption, parent reported child engagement in meal selection/preparation, follow-up weight management visit attendance, and child anthropometric outcomes.
- Being tested
- Eatable Alphabet, Usual Care
- Keywords
- nutrition education, pediatric weight management, child overweight/obesity, fruit and vegetable consumption
- Medical subject headings
- Child Nutrition Disorders, Pediatric Obesity, Obesity
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Eatable AlphabetBehavioural
Eatable Alphabet is a set of kitchen activity cards developed by ChopChop Family, in collaboration with the American Academy of Pediatrics, with funding from the CDC (https://www.chopchopfamily.org/eatable-alphabet/). It includes a series of alphabet cards with family-friendly recipes.
Usual CareBehavioural
Please see above description of usual care.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Usual Care | Other | Usual care in the POWER Kids weight management program includes a nutrition assessment and education by a registered dietician nutritionist (RD). This includes taking a detailed dietary history, and providing individualized counseling, motivational interviewing, and nutrition education handouts/ web-based resources. Receives: Behavioral: Usual Care |
| Eatable Alphabet | Experimental | The intervention group will receive usual care, as described above, plus a set of Eatable Alphabet cards, which will be utilized during the visit for counseling and education, and given to the family to take home and use as they wish. Receives: Behavioral: Eatable Alphabet |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Change in parent reported child vegetable consumption (servings/day)
Parents will complete pre and post intervention/usual care survey measures of vegetable consumption.
Measured: 1 month
Secondary outcomes (6)
Change in parent reported child fruit consumption (servings/day)
Parents will complete pre and post intervention/usual care survey measures of fruit consumption.
Measured: 1 month
Parent reported child engagement in meal selection/preparation
Parents will complete pre and post intervention/usual care survey measures of child engagement in meal selection/preparation.
Measured: 1 month
Follow-up weight management visit attendance
We will determine whether the patient returned for scheduled follow-up visit via medical record review.
Measured: 6 months
Change in child body mass index (BMI) z-score
Weight and height measured by clinical staff at the baseline visit and all subsequent visits over the next six months will be used to calculate body mass index (BMI=kg/m^2). Software will use Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reference standards to convert BMI into a BMI z-score based on the child's age and sex. Change in BMI z-score will be defined as BMI z-score 6 months (+/- 3 months) after the intervention visit minus BMI z-score at the baseline intervention visit.
Measured: 6 months
Change in weight for age (WFA) z-score
Weight measured by clinical staff at the baseline visit and all subsequent visits over the next six months will be used to generate weight for age (WFA) z-scores using CDC reference standards. Change in WFA z-score will be defined as WFA z-score 6 months (+/- 3 months) after the intervention visit minus WFA z-score at the baseline intervention visit.
Measured: 6 months
Change in percent of the 95th percentile of BMI for age and sex
Weight and height measured by clinical staff at the baseline visit and all subsequent visits over the next six months will be used to calculate body mass index (BMI=kg/m^2). Software will use CDC reference standards to convert BMI into a percent of the 95th percentile for the child's age and sex. Change in percent of the 95th percentile will be defined as percent of the 95th percentile 6 months (+/- 3 months) after the intervention visit minus percent of the 95th percentile z-score at the baseline intervention visit.
Measured: 6 months
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted22 Dec 2021
- Study start1 Sep 2023
- Primary completion15 Sep 2026 (estimated)
- Study completion31 Dec 2026 (estimated)
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Child OvernutritionStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Northwell HealthThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Model description
- Randomized control trial
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 160 participants (estimated)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Northwell Health
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Michelle Katzow, Northwell Health
- Investigators
- Michelle W Katzow, MD, MS, Principal investigator, Northwell Health and Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05166629
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 21-1152
- Status last verified
- Jun 2026
- First submitted
- 3 Dec 2021
- Last updated
- 9 Jun 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 9 Jun 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Measuring the Effectiveness of Eatable Alphabet Cards as a Nutrition Education Tool in a Pediatric Weight Management Program
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT05166629
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 21-1152
- Keywords
- nutrition education, pediatric weight management, child overweight/obesity, fruit and vegetable consumption
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Active, not recruiting
- Enrolment
- 160 participants (estimated)
- Lead sponsor
- Northwell HealthUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 1 Sep 2023 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 15 Sep 2026 (estimated)
- Study completion
- 31 Dec 2026 (estimated)
- First posted
- 22 Dec 2021 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
This pilot randomized controlled trial will test the effectiveness of Eatable Alphabet cards, a child friendly nutrition education tool, on child weight and related behaviors in a clinical sample of 2 to 10-year-old children with overweight/obesity, referred to a pediatric weight management program.
Detailed description
The goal of this research study is to determine whether the use of Eatable Alphabet cards in addition to standard weight management in a primary care setting will increase vegetable consumption. Additional outcomes that will be examined include fruit consumption, child engagement in meal selection and preparation, and clinic follow-up. If the intervention shows a significant effect in the above outcome measures, Eatable Alphabet cards can be implemented as a standard component of obesity management in primary care settings. It is hypothesized that the intervention will increase vegetable consumption, increase child engagement in meal selection and preparation, and increase clinic follow-up.
The study design is randomized control trial, in which the control group includes parent-child dyads receiving care as usual in the weight management program, including nutrition education, and the intervention group includes parent-child dyads receiving care as usual in the weight management program plus Eatable Alphabet cards in addition to typical nutrition education. All study participants will be families receiving care at the POWER Kids Weight Management Program at 410 Lakeville Road, with the child between the ages of 2 and 10 who have overweight or obesity. The primary outcome is parent reported frequency of child vegetable consumption. Secondary outcomes include: parent reported frequency of child fruit consumption, parent reported child engagement in meal selection/preparation, follow-up weight management visit attendance, and child anthropometric outcomes.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Treatment
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (outcomes assessor)
- Number of arms
- 2
- Model description
- Randomized control trial
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Usual Care | Other | Behavioral: Usual CareUsual care in the POWER Kids weight management program includes a nutrition assessment and education by a registered dietician nutritionist (RD). This includes taking a detailed dietary history, and providing individualized counseling, motivational interviewing, and nutrition education handouts/ web-based resources. |
| Eatable Alphabet | Experimental | Behavioral: Eatable AlphabetThe intervention group will receive usual care, as described above, plus a set of Eatable Alphabet cards, which will be utilized during the visit for counseling and education, and given to the family to take home and use as they wish. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 2 to 10 years
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Child
Key inclusion criteria (3 listed)
- New patient at Cohen Children's Medical Center POWER Kids weight management program (defined as not having been seen by the program within the past 2 years)
- Child between the ages of 2-10
- English-speaking
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- No appropriate caregiver available for consent.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Eatable AlphabetEatable Alphabet is a set of kitchen activity cards developed by ChopChop Family, in collaboration with the American Academy of Pediatrics, with funding from the CDC (https://www.chopchopfamily.org/eatable-alphabet/). It includes a series of alphabet cards with family-friendly recipes. | Behavioural | Eatable Alphabet |
| Usual CarePlease see above description of usual care. | Behavioural | Usual Care |
Primary outcome
Change in parent reported child vegetable consumption (servings/day)
Time frame: 1 month
Parents will complete pre and post intervention/usual care survey measures of vegetable consumption.
6 secondary outcomes
Change in parent reported child fruit consumption (servings/day)
Time frame: 1 month
Parent reported child engagement in meal selection/preparation
Time frame: 1 month
Follow-up weight management visit attendance
Time frame: 6 months
Change in child body mass index (BMI) z-score
Time frame: 6 months
Change in weight for age (WFA) z-score
Time frame: 6 months
Change in percent of the 95th percentile of BMI for age and sex
Time frame: 6 months
Results and safety
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 9 Jun 2026.
- Related InfoLink provided by the sponsor.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Michelle W Katzow, MD, MS principal investigator
Northwell Health and Feinstein Institutes for Medical Research
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Eatable Alphabet in people with Child Overnutrition and Child Obesity, run by Northwell Health at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 3 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: under way, not looking for participants, as of the sponsor's last update on 9 Jun 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Change in parent reported child vegetable consumption (servings/day) (time frame: 1 month). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 9 Jun 2026.