Active clinical trials for "Pediatric Obesity"

The Third Ward Wellness Study aims to pilot test a wellness program for families with toddler age children. Participants will be recruited from the Third Ward neighborhood in Houston, TX and then randomly assigned to one of two wellness programs. The goal of both programs is to enable and inspire parents to help their toddler age children develop healthy habits that will stay with them through life. Participating families will complete an assessment batter before and after the program. Both programs will meet once per week for 10 weeks.

Early life interventions for childhood obesity may provide substantial benefits. Most existing studies aimed at school children have reported limited effectiveness, however few have targeted preschool children. This study aimed to pilot procedures for a multifaceted, culturally appropriate intervention for preschool children and to provide a preliminary assessment of effectiveness of the intervention.

Through research, education and extension, this project will promote fruit and vegetable (F&V) purchases and consumption by families in under-resourced communities, thus reducing health disparities, improving human nutrition, and preventing unhealthy weight gain among children. Specifically, this project aims to evaluate the success of promoting F&V purchases among low- income and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)-eligible families and children living in a rural Maine community through a double value coupon, supermarket- based incentive program combined with Cooking Matters at the Store education. Education and extension efforts based on the study findings will contribute to meeting USDA Childhood Obesity Prevention Challenge Area Goals of generating new knowledge; developing, assessing and expanding effective interventions; and increasing the number of skilled and informed professionals and consumers to address the complex problem of childhood obesity. The research team will partner with a large national retail grocery chain (Hannaford Brothers), Cooking Matters, University of Maine Cooperative Extension, eXtension Communities of Practice, Maine SNAP-Ed, and The Food Trust to accomplish the project objectives.

Public Health England's (PHE) Behavioural Insights Team are leading and fully funding a randomised controlled research trial in collaboration with Derby City Council's Public Health Team and the Health and Social Care Research Centre at Derby University to test an intervention designed to help families provide healthier packed lunches for Primary School aged children.

The primary objective of this trial is to study the feasibility of a resilience intervention to reduce stress and thus improve sleep, healthy diet and physical activity in normal weight pregnant women. Initially, an exploratory study of stressors and worrying in pregnant women will be done by use of qualitative methods (focus group interviews) followed by a randomised controlled feasibility trial with a parallel qualitative process evaluation. This project is expected to improve the understanding of the processes and feasibility of conducting a randomized intervention study to examine if improvements in chronic stress and poor sleep during pregnancy improves early weight gain and childhood risk of obesity.

The purpose of this study is to determine effectiveness of a family meals intervention, Simple Suppers, aimed at eliciting positive changes in child dietary intake and weight status.

This is a multi-site, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial to examine the weight loss efficacy and cardiovascular safety of phentermine 15 mg daily plus lifestyle therapy versus placebo plus lifestyle therapy among 200 adolescents ages ≥10 to <18 years with obesity.

The obesity epidemic continues to be a major public health concern, with 38% of US adults and 17% of children obese. One factor that has been highlighted as a robust predictor of weight outcomes is the relative reinforcing value (RRV) of food, or how rewarding one finds eating compared to alternative activities. An emerging body of literature has built upon the observed relationship between the RRV of food and weight by hypothesizing that the promotion of alternative reinforcers, or rewarding activities that could take the place of eating, offers a novel approach to decreasing excess energy intake and combatting obesity. We aim to integrate distinct bodies of literature and fill a gap in the evidence by testing whether parenting intervention messages delivered and practiced in the context of shared activities can decrease the RRV of food by making parent-child interactions more rewarding. The ultimate goal of this research is to demonstrate that such an intervention can increase children's motivation to interact with their parent instead of eating a favorite food, demonstrating the potential for positive parent-child interactions to become an alternative source of pleasure.

Prevention and early intervention are the most effective methods for influencing eating habits. This study helps fulfill the Department of Psychiatry's missions of clinical innovation and advancing science. Findings will inform future clinical practice, improve the care provided to patients in their important role as parents, and foster interdisciplinary collaborations.

Aims: The principal aim of this study is to evaluate a model of Child Centred Health Dialog (CCHD) in Child Health Services (CHS) aiming to promote a healthy lifestyle in families and prevent overweight and obesity in preschool children. The specific aims are to compare CCHD with usual care and to evaluate the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of the CCHD for all children and specifically for children with overweight at the age of 4 years and to compare parents self-efficacy and feeding practices in families that received either CCHD or usual care Methods: A clustered non-blinded Randomised Control Trial was set up comparing usual care with a structured multicomponent child-centred health dialogue consisting of two parts: 1) a universal part directed to all children and 2) a targeted part for families where the child is identified with overweight.