Clinical trial

Motivational Wellness Coaching to Reduce Childhood Obesity in Families and Kids

Recruiting now · Not applicable · 1 countries · Registry ID NCT05143697

Recruiting nowNot applicableInterventional

What this study is about

Primary care settings lack interventions to address the childhood obesity epidemic that are feasible and sustainable without requiring significant resources. The investigators propose to modify and test an intervention shown to lower children's body mass index(BMI) so that it is feasible, sustainable, and easily disseminated in a real-world clinical setting. If successful, the investigators will be able to provide recommendations to providers and health care systems that help prioritize future intervention strategies and research investments to reduce obesity in children that can be quickly translated into other settings and widely adopted after the study period, with the goal of halting and reversing the childhood obesity epidemic.

A promising-looking record is not the same as confirmed eligibility. The study team must review the full criteria and current recruitment status.

Basic eligibility

Age2 Years to 8 Years
SexAll
Healthy volunteersAccepted
ConditionObesity

Full registry criteria

24 Eligible Intervention Clinics will provide motivational interview counseling and referrals to Wellness Coaching. Inclusion criteria: * Children age 2-8 years * Body mass index in the 85 percentile or higher Exclusion criteria: • Families that don't speak English or Spanish as a primary language

Treatments and study arms

Wellness Coaching for Families and Kids

Behavioral

The investigators propose to conduct a cluster-randomized pragmatic trial in 49 pediatric clinics in Kaiser Permanente Southern California (KPSC), to test the effectiveness of mBMI2Kids (a modified version of the BMI2 interven-tion) in pediatric clinics (randomization unit). Clinics serve over 45,000 children aged 2-8 yrs who are obese and have high racial/ethnic and socioeconomic diversity (53% Hispanic; 23% state-subsidized insurance). Clinics will be randomized into either 24 intervention or 25 usual care + attention control (enrolling 6,600 children). KP's long-standing electronic medical record (EMR) and stable membership, a research team embedded in care, existing team of lifestyle coaches, and ability to rapidly disseminate findings makes us uniquely positioned to conduct this study.

Primary outcomes

Determine the effectiveness and dose-response relationship of a pragmatic, system-integrated child-hood obesity intervention using mBMI2Kids (a modified BMI2 approach) at follow-up.2 years

Hypothesis 1-1: At 2-yr follow-up, patients ages 2-8 yrs with baseline BMI ≥85th percentile who were reached in intervention clinics will show a net mean BMI decrease between 0.8 and 1.0 kg/m2 (adjusted for sex, age) compared to usual care (population effect). Hypothesis 1-2: At 2-yr follow-up, patients who received the full planned MI-dose (defined as 8 of 12 sessions) will show a net mean BMI decrease between 1.0 and 1.2 kg/m2 (adjusted for sex, age) compared to usual care (individual effect).

Study locations

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Kaiser Permanente Pasadena🇺🇸 Pasadena, California, United States
Poornima S Kunani, MDContact
Jessica D Vallejo, MSContact
Corinna M Koebnick, PhDPrincipal Investigator