NCT05630482Recruiting
Randomized Trial of Healthy Family Foundations
Adaptation of an Evidence-based Family Program for Obesity Prevention in Health Care Context
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 14 Apr 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The goal of this clinical trial is to test whether an adaptation of an evidence-based, couple-based preventive intervention at the transition to parenthood improves reduces obesity risk among infants and parents in military families via improved interparental support and coordination around health lifestyle behaviors and parenting. The main question it aims to answer is whether an adapted, innovative family-focused approach to obesity prevention can reduce rapid infant weight gain, new mothers' postpartum weight retention, and fathers' weight status. Participants randomized to the Healthy Family Foundations (HFF) intervention condition will participate in 10 online group classes (5 prenatal and 5 postnatal). Participants randomized to the control condition will receive standard of care and opportunities for education at their site. Researchers will compare the Healthy Family Foundations (HFF) intervention group with a Standard of Care control group to see if there are differences in weight, coparenting support, parent mental health and parent health behaviors.
- Status (registry)
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 825 (estimated)
- First submitted
- 9 Nov 2022
- Start date
- 15 May 2023
- Primary completion date
- 15 Jul 2027
- Lead sponsor
- Penn State University
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT05630482
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Planned participants: 825
- From 15 May 2023 to the primary completion date, 15 Jul 2027
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- Clinical exclusion criteria for parents apply to males and females (active diagnosis of cancer, AIDS, palliative medicine patients, malabsorptive conditions, uncontrolled multiple sclerosis, and severe cognitive impairment), and to females (multiple gestation)
Other
- Families will be excluded if both parents do not participate.
Who the study is looking for
- Two-parent military families (one or more parents are active duty military)
- Expecting a first child, through 7 months gestation
Age in the registry: 18 years to 60 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
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| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nellis Airforce Base Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Nellis Air Force Base | United States | Recruiting |
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