Clinical trial
Mothers And careGivers Investing in Children
Active, not recruiting · Not applicable · 1 countries · Registry ID NCT04177472
What this study is about
The incidence of childhood obesity in the United States has steadily increased over the past 30 years but has begun to level off in recent years. Epidemiological evidence indicates that obesity may transmitted across multiple generations. The current study seeks to: 1) evaluate the extent to which mothers and other important caregivers affect their mothers' parenting; 2) examine whether an intervention aimed at improving diet quality and enhancing responsive feeding to improves parental responsivity and feeding behavior and infants' weight trajectories over time; 3) examine the effects of early life feeding and caregiver sensitivity on health and development; and 4) examine feasibility of food distribution along with the feeding intervention.
Basic eligibility
Full registry criteria
Treatments and study arms
Obesity Prevention Group
Parents will be provided with responsive feeding coaching to help them recognize hunger and satiety cues and nutrition coaching that involves recommending a sequence of introducing complementary foods that corresponds with food textures and feeding styles, breast/bottle weaning, healthy snacking and hands on demonstrations for healthy food options.
Obesity Prevention Group + Food Boxes
Parents will be provided with responsive feeding coaching to help them recognize hunger and satiety cues and nutrition coaching that involves recommending a sequence of introducing complementary foods that corresponds with food textures and feeding styles, breast/bottle weaning, healthy snacking and hands on demonstrations for healthy food options. Parents will also be provided with grocery items (fruits, vegetables, meat) prior to each intervention visit to facilitate a healthy family diet.
Infant Safety and Injury Prevention Group
Parents will be provided with information about safe sleeping, car seats, baby-proofing, etc., delivered during home visits, newsletters, and reinforcing text messages.
Primary outcomes
Anthropometrics measured by trained study staff
Anthropometrics measured by trained study staff