Texting program aims to curb baby weight gain in low-income families
NCT ID NCT06319807
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested whether a digital health program using text messages could help parents adopt healthy feeding habits for their infants. Sixty-nine parents of newborns (up to 6 weeks old) who receive nutrition assistance benefits were enrolled. The program sent daily texts with behavior change goals, self-monitoring prompts, and tailored feedback to support responsive feeding. The main goal was to see if parents would engage with the program and find it acceptable.
What this could mean
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- Active substance
- Digital health intervention (text messaging with behavior change goals, self-monitoring, and skills training)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could point toward a low-cost way to support parents in preventing early childhood obesity.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, completed feasibility study with only 69 participants, so results may not apply broadly. It focused on engagement and satisfaction, not on actual weight outcomes.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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69 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2024
- Finished
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Aug 2025
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
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Who can take part
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- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Female participants only
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Aged ≥18 years * as a smartphone and an email address * willing to send and receive daily text messages * can read and write in English * child is \<=6 weeks Exclusion Criteria: * participating in in a different research study that, in the opinion of the investigator, would conflict or would otherwise be too problematic if the subject were to participate in this study * planning to leave North Carolina in the next 6 months * subjects who do not have the capacity to give legally effective consent * any medical or congenital condition that would interfere with infant feeding or growth (ie, Down syndrome or cleft lip or palate)
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157, United States
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