Childhood Obesity
Conditions
Keywords
well child visit, anticipatory guidance, obesity prevention, infant feeding
Brief summary
The purpose of this pilot project is to test anticipatory guidance, which is information given to families during a well child visit to prevent obesity during childhood. The objectives were to compare two styles of anticipatory guidance during the first year of life, maternal focused and infant focused, versus usual care and determine which style, if any, showed the most ideal infant feeding behaviors at age 1 year and to see if there were any differences in infant weight for height at one year of age. The investigators hypothesized that mothers who received the maternal focused anticipatory guidance (which gave information on eating family meals, not having tv on during meals, and maternal nutrition) would actually have the best infant feeding behaviors and weight for height of infants at one year.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALMaternal focused intervention
This is a series of information given to mothers at child's well child visits (6 in all) starting at the newborn visit focused in maternal eating habits, using the mother as a potential 'agent of change' for the family and infant in modeling healthy eating habits.
BEHAVIORALOunce of Prevention
This intervention is given via a series of handouts given to mothers at their child's well visit from newborn period to one year of age, focusing on serving size and frequency and the introduction of new foods.
Sponsors
Nationwide Children's Hospital
Study design
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
PARALLEL
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE (Subject, Caregiver)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
2 Weeks to 2 Months
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
Maternal/infant pairs Infant under 2 months of age Mother English speaking
Exclusion criteria
History of Neonatal ICU stay in infant Gestation less than 37 weeks in infant chronic disease in infant known genetic disorder in infant foster care placement in infant
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Infant weight for height | One year after study entry | Infant weight for height will be assessed to see if proportions of elevated weight for height are lower in intervention groups as compared to usual care. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Maternal feeding behaviors | One year after study entry. | Several maternal feeding behaviors, including amount of vegetables and fruit offered to infant, eating as a 'family', amount of television watching by the infant, and juice intake by the infant were secondary outcomes. |
Countries
United States
Outcome results
None listed