Stopping Unhealthy Feeding Habits in Early Childhood Care Settings
Tests a behavioral program to stop harmful feeding practices by educators of young children.
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Registry title: Deimplementation of Inappropriate Feeding Practices in Early Care and Education Settings
Key facts
- Where
- Little Rock, United StatesSee the site
Where in United States
- Arkansas Children's Nutrition CenterLittle Rock, 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
- Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute
- Trial code
- NCT07107321
- Record updated
- 16 October 2026
- Original description
Arkansas and Louisiana have among the highest rates of adult obesity in the United States at 38.7% and 38.6%, respectively. Prevention and intervention efforts are needed to reduce the number of children who will become obese adults and suffer the host of negative health consequences that accompany it. This proposal will develop and test strategies to stop the use of detrimental feeding practices by early childhood educators which promote unhealthy weight trajectories, inappropriate eating behaviors and poor dietary outcomes for children.Read full original descriptionShow less
Deimplementation of Inappropriate Feeding Practices in Early Care and Education Settings
Arkansas and Louisiana have among the highest rates of adult obesity in the United States at 38.7% and 38.6%, respectively. Prevention and intervention efforts are needed to reduce the number of children who will become obese adults and suffer the host of negative health consequences that accompany it. This proposal will develop and test strategies to stop the use of detrimental feeding practices by early childhood educators which promote unhealthy weight trajectories, inappropriate eating behaviors and poor dietary outcomes for children.
Inclusion: Sites within a 100-mile radius of staff offices serving 12+ children ages 3 to 5 years; Agreeing to participate in data collection; Sites will serve meals; All classrooms at a site will receive the same deimplementation strategies and participate in data collection. We will select one classroom at random per site to participate in the collection of child outcomes (N= 264 classrooms, 15 children per classroom= 1320 children total).
Exclusion: We will exclude sites that have participated in intervention studies with our team in the last 3 years.