Clinical trials: Weight Gain Prevention
Infant, Obesity
The Intervention Nurses Start Infants Growing on Healthy Trajectories (INSIGHT) Study
This study will test an intervention program designed to provide developmentally appropriate guidance to parents of infants on responsive parenting and healthy lifestyle to see if that intervention will prevent rapid weight gain…
- Trial name
- INSIGHT (NCT01167270)
- Testing
- Child Safety Insights, Parenting Insights
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 316 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ian M. Paul, MD
Childhood Obesity Prevention
Testing the Feasibility and Preliminary Effect of Summer Camp
This pilot randomized controlled trial was designed to assess the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of randomizing children, ages 6-12 years from two low-income communities in Rhode Island, to attend a summer day camp (CAMP)…
- Trial name
- NCT04085965
- Testing
- Boys and Girls Club summer day camp
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 94 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Miriam Hospital
Overweight, Obesity
Family Program for Weight Gain Prevention
The long-term goal of this project is to develop, evaluate, and disseminate to Extension Service families across the state of Colorado, an engaging, interactive, and evidence-based Family Program in order to prevent weight gain…
- Trial name
- NCT00989170
- Testing
- Family Program for the Prevention of Weight Gain, Control Group
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 418 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Colorado, Denver
Weight Gain Prevention, Physical Inactivity
Family Fit Iterative App Development
The overall aim of this study is to test the acceptability and usability of a mobile application (app) for family-based physical activity and weight gain prevention among parent/guardian and child (ages 9-12 years) dyads.
- Trial name
- NCT06148246
- Testing
- Family Fit Condition
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 30 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Obesity, Pregnancy
Starting Pediatric Obesity Prevention in Pregnancy
The purpose of this study is to examine whether we can use social networks to spread health information and health behaviors during pregnancy to prevent excessive gestational weight gain.
- Trial name
- NCT01279109
- Testing
- Social network building intervention, Home visit
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 147 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Obesity, Obesity, Childhood
A Novel Obesity Prevention Program for High-Risk Infants in Primary Care
The goal of this clinical trial is to test a responsive parenting obesity prevention program with infants and caregivers of color (e.g., non-White; Hispanic/Latinx) and/or who are economically marginalized (i.e., publicly…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Obesity, Childhood, Weight Gain, Weight Gain Trajectory
- Trial name
- THRIVE (NCT06028113)
- Testing
- THRIVE 2.0
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 144 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Childhood Obesity
NET-Works:Community Preschooler Obesity Prevention
The goal of the Minnesota center is to integrate primary care, home, and community-based intervention strategies to promote sustained patterns of change in food intake, physical activity, and body weight among low income…
- Trial name
- NET-Works (NCT01606891)
- Testing
- multi-component/setting parent-targeted intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 534 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Minnesota
Obesity, Diet
Project Diabetes: Weight Gain Prevention in Hispanic Girls (GEMAS Study)
Over the past 30 years obesity has reached epidemic proportions in the United States (Ogden et al, 2006). While this epidemic affects all socioeconomic levels, certain racial/ethnic groups such as Hispanics, are…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Diet, Exercise, Behavioral Research
- Trial name
- GEMAS (NCT00797615)
- Testing
- Active intervention, Alternative Intervention
- Where
- 2 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 132 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University
Obesity, Growth
Prevention of Overweight in Infancy
Obesity is one of the biggest threats to health in the 21st century. Rapid weight gain in the first year of life tends to lead to overweight in children, which in turn leads to overweight in adults.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Growth, Sleep
- Trial name
- POInz (NCT00892983)
- Testing
- FAB, Sleep
- Where
- New Zealand
- Volunteers
- 802 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Otago
Obesity
Peer Education, Exercising and Eating Right - Obesity Prevention in Freshmen Women
Project PEER utilizes a randomized controlled study design to investigate the combined effects of an exercise and nutrition intervention that is based on self-efficacy principles and delivered primarily by peer educators to…
- Trial name
- ProjectPEER (NCT01043614)
- Testing
- PEER group intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Overweight, Obesity
The Healthy Start Project: Primary Prevention of Overweight in Preschool Children Susceptible to Future Overweight
Obesity prevention should remain a priority, although there is some evidence of a possible leveling off in some age groups across European countries and in USA, Japan and Australia.
- Trial name
- NCT01583335
- Testing
- Lifestyle habits, including sleep and stress
- Where
- Denmark
- Volunteers
- 1,202 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Bispebjerg Hospital
Overweight Adolescents, Overweight
Pilot Program for Targeted Prevention of Child or Adolescent Weight Gain
This study will examine whether family-based interpersonal psychotherapy (FB-IPT) is an effective tool for helping pre-adolescent girls and boys at risk for become obese to reduce weight gain.
- Trial name
- NCT00263536
- Testing
- Interpersonal Psychotherapy
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 147 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Obesity, Weight Gain
Effectiveness Trial of a Dissonance-Based Obesity Prevention Program
Obesity is a major US public health problem. Few obesity prevention programs have reduced risk for weight gain over follow-up and those that have are very intensive, making dissemination difficult and costly.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Weight Gain, Eating Disorders
- Trial name
- Project Health (NCT01680224)
- Testing
- Healthy Weight, Project Health
- Where
- 4 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 364 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Oregon Research Institute
Overweight, Children
Prevention of Excessive Weight Gain by Discouraging Students From Drinking Sodas
The purpose of this study was to encourage students to reduce soft drinks intake, substituting it by water, in order to prevent and control overweight prevalence.
- Trial name
- NCT02653352
- Testing
- Lifestyle modification
- Volunteers
- 1,140 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Rio de Janeiro State University
Weight Gain, Obesity
The SLeeping and Intake Methods Taught to Infants and Mothers Early in Life (SLIMTIME) Project
Childhood obesity has reached epidemic proportions and its prevalence continues to rise, even among very young children. Because the current evidence base regarding potentially effective early intervention components to prevent…
- Trial name
- NCT00359242
- Testing
- Infant Sleeping and Soothing, Repeated Food Exposure
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 160 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
Obesity
School Worksite Weight Gain Prevention Intervention Study
The proposed site-level randomized trial will test the effectiveness of a work site intervention based on an ecological framework at preventing weight gain among high school employees in Massachusetts.
- Trial name
- NCT01467284
- Testing
- Step Ahead, Basic Intervention
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 844 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Massachusetts, Worcester
Obesity, Overweight
Ethnic Dance and Screen Time Reduction to Prevent Weight Gain in Latina Girls
A randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy of an after school ethnic dance program plus a culturally-tailored, home-based screen time reduction intervention to reduce weight gain (body mass index) among lower…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Overweight, Excessive Weight Gain
- Trial name
- ECHALE (NCT00476775)
- Testing
- after school ethnic dance program - ballet folklorica, culturally-tailored, home-based screen time reduction, culturally-tailored health and nutrition education
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 233 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University