Clinical trial NCT03071419: A Nutrition and Parenting Program for Fathers and Their Pre-school Age Children
Official title: Father-Focused Nutrition and Parenting Program to Help Prevent Childhood Obesity in Preschool Age Children
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Pediatric Obesity
Keywords: fathers
Lead sponsor: University of Connecticut
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
First posted: 2017-03-06
Enrollment: 72
Sex: MALE
Minimum age (years): 18
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief 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.

Detailed 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.

Eligibility criteria: 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.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Comprehensive Feeding Practices Questionnaire
timeFrame: Change from baseline at 8 weeks
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Father & child diet quality
timeFrame: Change from baseline at 8 weeks
measure: Father & child BMI/BMI Z-Score
timeFrame: Change from baseline at 8 weeks
measure: Meals in Our Household questionnaire
timeFrame: Change from baseline at 8 weeks
measure: Healthy Kids Questionnaire
timeFrame: Change from baseline at 8 weeks
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: East Hartford
country: United States
facility: Hockanum School, Head Start Program
state: Connecticut
city: Manchester
country: United States
facility: Manchester Preschool Center
state: Connecticut
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Connecticut
name: Amy R Mobley, PhD, RD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Mobley AR, Gans KM, Adamsons K, Huedo-Medina TB. Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Outcomes of a Father-Focused Childhood Obesity Prevention Program for Low-Income Families with Preschool-Age Children. Child Obes. 2023 Jan;19(1):13-24. doi: 10.1089/chi.2021.0225. Epub 2022 Mar 11.