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Deimplementation of Inappropriate Feeding Practices in Early Care and Education Settings
Sponsor: Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute
Summary
Arkansas and Louisiana have among the highest rates of adult obesity in the United States at 38.7% and 38.6%, respectively. Prevention and intervention efforts are needed to reduce the number of children who will become obese adults and suffer the host of negative health consequences that accompany it. This proposal will develop and test strategies to stop the use of detrimental feeding practices by early childhood educators which promote unhealthy weight trajectories, inappropriate eating behaviors and poor dietary outcomes for children.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
3 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
2640
Start Date
2025-08-12
Completion Date
2029-04-30
Last Updated
2025-10-02
Healthy Volunteers
No
Conditions
Interventions
WISE Words
WISE Words is a co-designed, multicomponent deimplementation strategy package including 6 discrete strategies. Of these, three are delivered in a standard fashion: (1) dynamic training driven by improvisation methods, (2) a peer learning collaborative, and (3) external facilitation. The additional three are tailored to each educator's preferences and goals: (4) reminders, (5) educational materials, and (6) audit and feedback. Educators are supported to set and achieve goals for one feeding practice they want to stop and one they want to start.
Locations (1)
Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center
Little Rock, Arkansas, United States