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Texting parents may help keep babies at a healthy weight

NCT ID NCT04042467

Prevention Sponsor: Vanderbilt University Medical Center Source: ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study tested whether giving parents extra support through text messages and a website could help prevent obesity in babies. 900 families were split into two groups: one got standard advice on healthy habits, and the other also got texts and goal-setting tools. Researchers tracked the babies' weight and length for two years to see if the extra support made a difference.

What this could mean

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Active substance
behavioral intervention (text messages, website, goal-setting)
What this could lead to
If successful, this could provide a simple, low-cost way for doctors to help families prevent childhood obesity starting from birth.
What could go wrong
This is a completed study, so results are available. However, the intervention is behavioral, so its impact may be modest and may not work for all families or in different settings.

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Study facts

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Phase

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

900 people

The number who actually took part.

Started

Nov 2019

Finished

Jan 2024

Lead sponsor

Other sponsor

The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.

Who can take part

This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.

Ages

Up to 21 days

Sex

Anyone

Healthy volunteers

Accepted

You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.

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Inclusion Criteria: For this study, eligible caregiver/infant dyads will be those with: 1. an English- or Spanish-speaking parent/legal guardian, 2. infant born in the newborn nursery with plans to have care in the local clinic OR presenting in that clinic for the first newborn visit (1-21 days of life), 3. attendance at first newborn clinic visit 4. no plans to leave the clinic within 2 years 5. Completion of baseline data collection (survey data, child weight and length measures prior to randomization). 6. Own a smartphone with access to data services Exclusion Criteria: Infant exclusion criteria: 1. born prior to 34 weeks gestation or birth weight \<1500 grams; weight \<3rd %tile at enrollment (World Health Organization growth curves); or 2. any chronic medical problem that may affect weight gain (e.g., metabolic disease, uncorrected congenital heart disease, renal disease, high-calorie formula; cleft palate; Down syndrome). Caregiver exclusion criteria include: 1. \<18 years old; 2. serious mental or neurologic illness that impairs ability to consent/participate; 3. poor visual acuity (corrected vision worse than 20/50 with Rosenbaum Screener). 4. biological mother is HIV-positive

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

Health Behavior Pediatric Obesity obesity disorder prevention target

As listed by the trial registrant

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Behavior, health Child obesity

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Duke University

    Durham, North Carolina, 27708, United States

  • New York University

    New York, New York, 10003, United States

  • Stanford University

    Stanford, California, 94305, United States

  • University of Miami

    Coral Gables, Florida, 33146, United States

  • University of North Carolina

    Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 27599, United States

  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Nashville, Tennessee, 37203-2494, United States

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