Phone-Based Family Program to Help Prevent Obesity in Young Latino Children
Tests a family program using mobile phones to prevent obesity in young Latino children.
Plain-language title generated from the registry record
Registry title: Family Intervention to Prevent Childhood Obesity
Key facts
- Where
- Los Angeles, United StatesSee the site
Where in United States
- Head StartLos Angeles, United StatesNo longer taking part
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Trial details
- Who runs it
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Trial code
- NCT05606731
- Record updated
- 20 October 2026
- Original description
Consumption of sweetened beverages, media-viewing, and physical activity patterns are often established during early childhood, and family-based obesity interventions show effectiveness in shaping healthy behaviors and weight outcomes for young children, including Latino children. Missing from these interventions, however, are methods to increase accessibility and dissemination to multiple family caregivers. The proposed work will use a randomized study design to evaluate the impact a family-based early childhood obesity intervention for Latino families that incorporates evidence-based strategies of in-person childhood obesity interventions, mobile phones, and leverages important determinants of Latino health (e.g. familism, language) in order to decrease ethnic disparities in childhood obesity and cardiovascular risk.Read full original descriptionShow less
A Hybrid Mobile Phone Family Intervention to Prevent Childhood Obesity
Consumption of sweetened beverages, media-viewing, and physical activity patterns are often established during early childhood, and family-based obesity interventions show effectiveness in shaping healthy behaviors and weight outcomes for young children, including Latino children. Missing from these interventions, however, are methods to increase accessibility and dissemination to multiple family caregivers. The proposed work will use a randomized study design to evaluate the impact a family-based early childhood obesity intervention for Latino families that incorporates evidence-based strategies of in-person childhood obesity interventions, mobile phones, and leverages important determinants of Latino health (e.g. familism, language) in order to decrease ethnic disparities in childhood obesity and cardiovascular risk.
Inclusion: Adult caregivers of a young child who:; self-identify as an individual of Latino descent; have a 2- to 5-year-old child/grandchild who is overweight or obese, defined as having a BMI>85% for age and sex; lives with or cares for the child at least 20 hours per week (the relationship does not have to be biological; speaks Spanish or English; ability and willingness to participate in the intervention (determined with a Subject Comprehension and Participation Assessment Tool); agrees to complete baseline, 1-, 6-, 12-month post-intervention data collection protocols.
Exclusion: taking weight loss medication; medical conditions related to overweight status such as Prader-Willi Syndrome; Caregivers of a child with:; participating in a weight loss program.