Clinical trial
Reducing Obesity Through Play Among Toddlers: Tiny Steps to Health (TSHS) Study
Recruiting now · Not applicable · 1 countries · Registry ID NCT06918821
What this study is about
The purpose of this study is to test various ways to help toddlers develop healthy eating and activity behaviors. Parents and toddlers, who participate in this research will be randomly assigned to either 1) continue their lifestyle behaviors for 10-weeks and then receive a health club membership for 1-month, 2) attend a health promotion playgroup together for 10 weeks, or 3) to attend an educational class for parents while toddlers are in childcare for 10-weeks. Physical measures of toddlers (height, weight, dietary intake, activity) will be collected. Parent-report surveys with questions about parenting, toddler diet, toddler temperament, food security status, demographic qualities, and satisfaction with group assignment will be collected. Last, the interactions between parents and toddlers will be observed and assessed during short play tasks via Zoom. All measures will be collected immediately upon signing up for the study (week 0), 10-weeks later (post), and 24-weeks after signing up for the study.
Basic eligibility
Full registry criteria
Treatments and study arms
Healthy Toddler Parent Group (HTPG)
Parent education class
Families Understanding Nutrition and Physically Active Lifestyles (FUNPALs) Playgroup
Family playgroup
Primary outcomes
Weight-for-length (WFL) percentile for toddlers \<24 months. Length and weight measures will each be taken two times and averaged. Trained research assistants will measure height to the nearest 0.1 cm using a recumbent height board for children \<24 months. Weight will be measured to the nearest 0.1 kg using an electronic self-calibrating digital scale. For toddlers \<24 months, weight for length (WFL) will be calculated. Sex- and age-standardized WFL will be determined from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) growth charts. Age and gender corrected WFL will be used to categorize weight status groups: \<5th percentile WFL will be considered underweight, 5th-84.99th percentile will be considered normal weight, \>85 percentile will be considered overweight and \>95 percentile will be considered obese per CDC guidelines.
Body mass index (BMI) percentile for toddlers \>/= 24 months. Height and weight measures will each be taken two times and averaged. Trained research assistants will measure height to the nearest 0.1 cm using a portable stadiometer for children \>/=24 months. Weight will be measured to the nearest 0.1 kg using an electronic self-calibrating digital scale. For toddlers \>/=24 months, BMI will be calculated. Sex- and age-standardized BMI percentiles will be determined from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) growth charts. Age and gender corrected BMI percentile ranks will be used to categorize weight status groups: \<5th percentile BMI will be considered underweight, 5th-84.99th percentile will be considered normal weight, \>85 percentile will be considered overweight and \>95 percentile will be considered obese per CDC guidelines.
Study locations
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