Clinical trials: Prevention of Childhood Obesity
Health Promotion and Obesity Prevention
The Wildcat Wellness Coaching Trial
Female children (aged 8-13 years) will be recruited through posted flyers, newspaper ads, and word of mouth in the Manhattan, KS area.
- Trial name
- NCT01845480
- Testing
- Wellness coaching
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 66 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Kansas State University
Behavior, Health, Child Obesity
Greenlight Plus Study: Approaches to Early Childhood Obesity Prevention
A randomized controlled trial enrolling 900 parent-infant dyads (English and Spanish speaking) comparing Greenlight (control), a behavioral intervention focusing on nutrition, physical activity, media use, and sleep as compared…
- Trial name
- NCT04042467
- Testing
- Greenlight Plus, Greenlight
- Where
- 6 sites in United States
- Volunteers
- 900 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Childhood Obesity
The Louisiana (LA) Health Project
There is a worldwide pandemic of obesity with far-reaching consequences for the health of our nation. Obesity is the second leading cause of preventable death in the United States.
- Trial name
- NCT00289315
- Testing
- Primary (Environmental) Weight Gain Prevention, Secondary (Behavioral) Weight Gain Prevention, Control
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 2,060 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Obesity, Obesity, Childhood
Community Based Obesity Prevention and Treatment Programme "6-10-14 for Health"
"6-10-14 for Health" is an integrated weight-loss intervention programme for obese children from Gdansk municipality. Both participants of the programme and their family members are offered a 12-month integrated intervention…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Obesity, Childhood, Health Program, Body Weight Changes
- Trial name
- NCT04143074
- Testing
- multidisciplinary behavioral intervention
- Where
- Poland
- Volunteers
- 6,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Michał Brzeziński
Childhood Obesity
Obesity Prevention in Head Start
Family style dining is a widely-advocated approach by which to feed children in early education settings. While family-style dining is hypothesized to allow children to attend to their hunger and satiety and consume only the…
- Trial name
- NCT03672227
- Testing
- Mealtime Matters Training
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 164 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Michigan
Obesity, Adolescent
Nutrition Goes to School: a School-based Nutrition Intervention to Promote Healthy Eating Behaviour Among Adolescents
The goal of this cluster randomized controlled pilot trial is to assess the feasibility and effect of a school-based nutrition intervention program called "Nutrition Goes to School" (NGTS) in improving a healthy diet and physical…
- Trial name
- ESTEEM-NGTS (NCT06515288)
- Testing
- Nutrition Goes To School (NGTS) Program Intervention Package, Nutrition Education Capacity Building for Teachers and Management
- Where
- Indonesia
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- SEAMEO Regional Centre for Food and Nutrition
Childhood Obesity Prevention
Digitally Delivered Child Obesity Prevention for Parents in Home Visiting Programs
The goal of this clinical trial is to determine feasibility and acceptability of a digitally-based obesity prevention intervention for mothers of infants participating in a home visitation program.
- Trial name
- NCT07230808
- Testing
- digital intervention + home visiting curriculum, Home visiting curriculum
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Florida
Childhood Obesity Prevention
Effectiveness of a Motivational Interviewing-based Intervention From Pregnancy to 2 Years of Age.
The main objective of this study is to evaluate the effect of an early and intensive intervention, based on techniques of effective counseling on healthy habits for parents, in order to reduce mean BMI at 2 years of age Secondly…
- Trial name
- PROGESPI (NCT03444415)
- Testing
- Motivational interviewing in groups, Usual care
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 414 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Fundacion para la Formacion e Investigacion Sanitarias de la Region de Murcia
Childhood Obesity
YMCA-Physical Activity and Nutrition
There is an epidemic rise in the number of overweight and obese children. Overweight and obesity in children tracks into adulthood and carries elevated risk of chronic diseases such as seen with the metabolic syndrome (i.e.…
- Trial name
- YMCA-PAN (NCT01107678)
- Testing
- Healthy Snacks and Organized Physical Activity
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 966 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Kansas
Overweight
Early Childhood Prevention of Childhood Overweight
You are invited to participate in a research study to understand more about childhood obesity and how to prevent it. We hope to learn how families influence each others eating habits.
- Trial name
- NCT00896545
- Testing
- 5-keys counseling, Lifestyle counseling
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Stanford University
Child Obesity
Mixed Methods Feasibility Study of an App for Childhood Obesity Prevention and Management
This evaluation evaluated Health Education England's NoObesity digital health app's usability and acceptability to undertake activities improving families' diet, physical activity and weight.
- Trial name
- NCT05261555
- Testing
- NoObesity app
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 231 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Plymouth
Severe Pediatric Obesity (BMI > 97° pc -According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention BMI Charts-), Altered Liver Function Tests
Obalon in Children With Severe Obesity
The ongoing global rise in the prevalence of overweight and obesity among all ages and among all ethnic groups, figures into a real epidemic phenomenon.
- Conditions
- Severe Pediatric Obesity (BMI > 97° pc -According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention BMI Charts-), Altered Liver Function Tests, Glycemic Intolerance
- Trial name
- Obalon (NCT02137330)
- Testing
- Swallowable Obalon® Gastric Balloon
- Where
- Italy
- Volunteers
- 10 people
- Sponsor
- Bambino Gesù Hospital and Research Institute
Overweight and Obesity
mHealth for Prevention of Childhood Obesity in Mexico
Background: The sending of text messages (short messaging service, SMS) has been proven as an effective strategy in behavior change.
- Trial name
- mHealth (NCT04250896)
- Testing
- Control group, SMS´s sending by cell phone for behavior change
- Where
- Mexico
- Volunteers
- 1,000 people
- Sponsor
- Mexican National Institute of Public Health
Pediatric Obesity
Study on Obesity Intervention With Physical Exercise Among Students in Changping District, Beijing
The primary objective of this study is to assess the effectiveness of a school based physical activity programme on obesity and related health outcomes in young schoolchildren.
- Trial name
- NCT02074332
- Testing
- Physical activity guidance, Health education
- Volunteers
- 921 people
- Sponsor
- Hai-Jun Wang
Obesity, Childhood, Nutrition Aspect of Cancer
Adaptive Implementation to Optimize Delivery of Obesity Prevention Practices in Early Care and Education Settings
"Together, We Inspire Smart Eating" (WISE) is an intervention that improves children's diets in ECE. WISE includes 4 key evidence-based practices (EBPs): (1) hands-on exposures to fruits and vegetables, (2) role modeling by…
- Trial name
- NCT05050539
- Testing
- Low Intensity, High Intensity
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 1,613 people
- Sponsor
- University of Arkansas
Obesity
Child Health Initiative for Lifelong Eating and Exercise (CHILE)
Child Health Initiative for Lifelong Eating and Exercise (CHILE) is a trans-community multidisciplinary site-specific intervention and evaluation plan for a Head Start and family-based culturally and developmentally appropriate…
- Trial name
- CHILE (NCT00428805)
- Testing
- classroom curriculum, In-service training for Head Start teachers/aides, Training for Head Start food service
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 980 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of New Mexico
Responsive Infant Feeding, Infant Growth
Testing LEIFc in the Community
The reason that we are doing this research is to teach mothers ways to communicate with their baby during feeding. Understanding signals a baby gives helps mothers know when and how much to feed their baby which will help the…
- Trial name
- NCT06898190
- Testing
- Learning Early Infant Feeding Cues (LEIFc)
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 29 people
- Sponsor
- Florida State University
Obesity, Childhood, Short Sleep
Brief Behavioral Sleep Intervention for Obesity Prevention in Primary Care
The goal of this study is to compare two different approaches to help families with children 6-11 years enhance nighttime sleep: 1) working one-on-one with a nurse to learn effective behavioral strategies to try to improve…
- Conditions
- Obesity, Childhood, Short Sleep, Obesity Prevention
- Trial name
- Rx SLEEP (NCT06810557)
- Testing
- Optimize Sleep Primary Care (OSPC), Enhanced Usual Care
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 50 people
- Sponsor
- Temple University
Overweight, Obesity
Early Stockholm Obesity Prevention Program (EarlySTOPP-China)
Early STOPP project promotes good health in children from early age by supporting good habits for the whole family. Our aim is to see if we can prevent overweight and obesity in children in families where parents are overweight…
- Trial name
- EarlySTOPP-CN (NCT02396784)
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 300 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Pregnancy
Early Prevention of Childhood Obesity: an Active Pregnancy
The main aim of this study was to examine the effect of a supervised physical exercise program on the prevention of childhood obesity and its impact on the motor development of the offspring.
- Trial name
- NCT02109588
- Testing
- A supervised physical exercise program
- Where
- Spain
- Volunteers
- 1,100 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Technical University of Madrid