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Families in Balance: Enhancing Household Routines and Reducing Early Childhood Obesity Among Families With Low-income
Sponsor: University of Michigan
Summary
This study will evaluate the effects of two different approaches to support healthy family mealtime, sleep, and screentime routines: A parent leader-guided online program that promotes parent and child self-regulation as a means to improve healthy family routines versus an asynchronous program that provides parents information about healthy family routines. Families will be randomly assigned to either of these programs and changes in parent and child outcomes will be evaluated.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
2 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
300
Start Date
2025-03-31
Completion Date
2027-02
Last Updated
2026-04-06
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Online program
Families in Balance Online is a 6-week online program that includes 6 weekly group discussions and 3 individual support sessions, all held over Zoom. Program activities will focus on improving parent and child self-regulation as a means to encourage healthy family mealtime, sleep, and screentime routines. Participants will engage in in person and online data collection activities to understand whether the program is impactful.
Control Condition
Families in Balance is an asynchronous program in which participants will be sent materials weekly over 6 weeks to encourage healthy family mealtime, sleep, and screentime routines. Participants will engage in in person and online data collection activities to understand whether the program is impactful.
Locations (1)
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States