Online program to prevent childhood obesity in Latino families, starting in pregnancy
Tests an online healthy-habits program for Latino families during pregnancy and infancy.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Northwell Health
- Where
- New Hyde Park, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Starting Early to Prevent Obesity Using Telehealth
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 130 people, planned
- Started
- 14 Nov 2025
- Expected to end
- 30 Jun 2028
- Type of study
- Interventional, 2 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- StEP OUT
- Infant Safety Education
- Record updated
- 13 November 2026
Who can take part
- Age
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- Women only
- Healthy volunteers
- Cannot take part
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Pregnant with singleton of 24 to 32 weeks estimated gestational age
- Self-identify as Hispanic/Latinx
- Speak fluent English or Spanish
- At least 18 years of age
- Has a phone or device to participate in video calls
- Receiving or eligible to receive New York State Medicaid benefits
Who cannot take part
- Serious medical or psychiatric illness
- Fetal condition expected to substantially influence infant feeding (anatomic abnormality, such as cleft lip/palate or one that will require surgery within the first six months of life, chromosomal abnormality, such as Down's syndrome or other trisomy, etc.)
- Diminished mental capacity
Where in United States
- Northwell HealthNew Hyde Park, United StatesContact: Michelle W Katzow, MD, MSTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The goal of this clinical trial is to test an online program that teaches healthy habits during pregnancy and infant to prevent early child obesity in Latino families. Specifically, this pilot trial will determine how well we can deliver and test the effects of the program, and how acceptable it is to participants.
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The main question it aims to answer are:
• Is a randomized controlled trial of StEP OUT versus infant safety education control feasible to conduct and acceptable to participants? Researchers will compare StEP OUT to infant safety education control to see if participants enroll in and engage with the program, complete surveys, and learn the content we are teaching.
Participants will:
* Be assigned to receive StEP OUT or Infant Safety Education * If receiving StEP OUT, they will participant in group text chats and video calls * If receiving Infant Safety Education, they will receive periodic text messages with helpful links and tips * Respond to periodic surveys
The 2 groups in the trial
- StEP OUTTreatment being tested
Online nutrition education and parenting support with group chat.
- Infant Safety EducationExisting treatment, for comparison
Periodic text messages with links to prenatal and infant health and safety resources.
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?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Starting Early to Prevent Obesity Using Telehealth (StEP OUT)
- Plain-language title
- Online program to prevent childhood obesity in Latino families, starting in pregnancyGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- Record updated
- 13 November 2026