Can a 16-Session home program help kids avoid obesity?
NCT ID NCT02024360
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested a 6-month home-based program for 300 children ages 2–6 who were overweight or obese. Community health workers visited families to encourage healthy eating, physical activity, and parenting skills. The goal was to see if the program could improve children's weight over time.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- behavioral intervention (home visits, healthy eating, active living, parenting skills)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this program could offer a practical way to prevent and manage childhood obesity in low-income families.
- What could go wrong
- This is a completed early-stage study with no control group, so results may not be definitive or apply to other settings.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- 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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About 300 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Mar 2012
- Finished
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Oct 2017
- Lead sponsor
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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
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2 to 6 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * 2-6 years old with a BMI above the 85 %ile Exclusion Criteria: * non-English and non-Spanish speaking, any chronic conditions
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Denver Health
Denver, Colorado, 80204, United States
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