Reduction of Excessive Calories From Beverages in Children

Randomized Controlled Trial to Reduce Calorie Intake From Sugar-sweetened Beverages by Children 1 - 12 Years of Age

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02239653

Acronym

MWP

Enrollment

443

Registered

2014-09-15

Start date

2014-06-30

Completion date

2014-11-21

Last updated

2018-10-02

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Conditions

Unhealthy Diet

Brief summary

Objective: to test the hypothesis that an intervention comprised of targeted physician and print messages can influence parents to reduce the amount of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) and fruit juice they give to their children 1 - 12 years of age.

Detailed description

The study will be conducted through a practice-based research network of community pediatric practices. Participating sites will be randomized to the intervention or control condition (usual care) using a pre-specified randomization scheme derived using computer generated random numbers. The intervention sites will participate in a 30-minute training for using the Milk. Water. Period intervention (brochures, posters, key talking points and phone messages) in their office. The goal is for them to discuss beverage consumption and encourage Milk. Water. Period for all children 12 months to 12 years old (not yet reached their 13th birthday) at their checkup visit. The primary care provider (PCP) will use the talking points to facilitate the discussion about drink milk and water only and will give a brochure to each family. Assessments will be by telephone interview of the parent 2 to 4 weeks after a check-up visit for the index child.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALPhysician communication

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

SINGLE (Outcomes Assessor)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Parent of child age 12 months to 12 years attending for a check-up visit during the study period

Exclusion criteria

* Cannot speak English * No phone access * Already completed the survey for another child.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Excessive calories from beverages	2-4 weeks after check-up visit	percent of children consuming \>200 calories/day from soda, SSBs, and fruit juice beverages

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026