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Childhood Obesity Prevention for Parents in Home Visiting Programs

This study is looking at a digital program called THRIVES (Teaching Healthy Routines in Very Early Stages) to help prevent childhood obesity. It's for parents who are already part of a home visiting program. You would use the THRIVES digital program, which includes videos and questions, alongside your usual home visiting curriculum. Researchers want to see if this digital program helps with children's weight, and also if it changes how mothers feed their children, how children sleep, and how much screen time children have. The study plans to enroll about 50 parents who are 16 years or older, speak English, and have a healthy baby born after 37 weeks. The main goal is to see if the digital program helps improve a child's weight-for-length (a measure of healthy growth) over 12 months.

Study design
This is an interventional study comparing a digital program plus standard home visiting to standard home visiting alone, with about 50 participants.
What's involved
You would complete digital content over 1 year and have assessments at the start, 4, 6, and 12 months.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Your child's weight-for-length will be measured at 0, 4, 6, and 12 months.

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NCT07230808

Digitally Delivered Child Obesity Prevention for Parents in Home Visiting Programs

Recruiting
NAAges 16–65InterventionalPrevention
University of Florida
~50 participants
Updated 2026-07-06 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:digital intervention + home visiting curriculumHome visiting curriculum

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Child Weight for Length
Measured over 0, 4, 6, 12 months

Conditions

Childhood Obesity Prevention

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Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
Florida1

Study leadership

  • Amy Mobley, PhD, RD · PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR · University of Florida

Who to contact

Amy Mobley, PhD, RD
[email protected]
352-294-1813
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

Enrolled in or eligible for home visiting program
Ages 16 years or older
Speaks and reads English
Has no chronic health condition affecting growth or development
Has a singleton birth \> 37 weeks gestation.

Exclusion

Child has a major malformation
Child admitted to the NICU
Child considered small for gestation age (SGA) and/or have a low birth weight (\<2500 gms)
Mother has a significant maternal morbidity (e.g. cancer) or hospitalization for psychiatric disorder in past 6 months
Extended hospital stay for mom or infant \> 5 days
Unable to speak and read English.

What this trial measures

  • Child Weight for Length0, 4, 6, 12 months

    Weight for Length (WFL) z-score. A z-score of 0 indicates a child is a the median for WFL. Scores above 0 indicate that a child has a higher WFL and may be at risk for overweight or obesity. Scores below 0 indicate that a child has a lower WFL and may be at risk for undernutrition.