A Nutrition and Parenting Program for Fathers and Their Pre-school Age Children

Pediatric Obesity Clinical Trial

Official title:

Father-Focused Nutrition and Parenting Program to Help Prevent Childhood Obesity in Preschool Age Children

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03071419
• Other study ID #: H15-338
• Secondary ID: 1R21HD087817-01
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: December 2016
• Est. completion date: April 30, 2019

Study information

• Verified date: June 2019
• Source: University of Connecticut
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This pilot study evaluates the feasibility and impact of a father-focused childhood obesity prevention program on paternal food-related parenting practices, mealtime behaviors and father/child nutrition and physical activity behaviors. Half of participants (low-income father and child dyads) will receive an intervention immediately while the other half of participants will serve as a wait-list control group and receive the intervention at a later date.

Description:

All participants (low-income father and child dyads) will receive an 8 session (2 hours/session) (DAD) including community-based, hands-on, nutrition and parent education intervention with between-session technology enhancements. Dyads will be randomly assigned within groups of 10 to DAD or a wait-list control group (DELAY). Assessments will be conducted at pre, post and 1 month post including a subset of data from cohabiting mothers to assess moderating influences on outcomes.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 72
• Est. completion date: April 30, 2019
• Est. primary completion date: December 31, 2018
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Male
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• "Father" eligible for a federal food assistance or related program (e.g. SNAP) or living in an area with >30% poverty

• Having at least one preschool age child (ages 3-5 years old)

• At least 18 years of age and able to speak English

Exclusion Criteria:

• No presence or interaction with child during meal or snack times.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Obesity
• Pediatric Obesity

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Nutrition and Parenting Intervention
The proposed intervention will evaluate and explore the unique influences that low-income fathers have on their preschool age children's obesogenic behaviors and obesity risk.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Hockanum School, Head Start Program	East Hartford	Connecticut
United States	Manchester Preschool Center	Manchester	Connecticut

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Connecticut	Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire	Food-related parenting practices including parental support, control, structure, feeding	Change from baseline at 8 weeks
Secondary	Father & child diet quality	Diet quality assessed using Healthy Eating Index (24 hour recall)	Change from baseline at 8 weeks
Secondary	Father & child BMI/BMI Z-Score		Change from baseline at 8 weeks
Secondary	Meals in Our Household questionnaire	Mealtime behaviors and practices including shopping, meal planning, cooking, family meals	Change from baseline at 8 weeks
Secondary	Healthy Kids Questionnaire	Father and child nutrition behaviors including vegetable and sweetened beverage intake frequency & Physical activity behaviors including play and screen time	Change from baseline at 8 weeks