Can training childcare staff cut obesity? new study tests 'WISE Words' program
NCT ID NCT07107321
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests a program called WISE Words that helps childcare educators stop using feeding practices that can lead to obesity in young children. The program includes training, peer support, and personalized reminders. Researchers will observe mealtimes at over 260 childcare sites in Arkansas and Louisiana to see if educators change their habits. The goal is to reduce childhood obesity by promoting healthier eating behaviors early in life.
What this could mean
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- Active substance
- WISE Words behavioral program
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could provide a practical, low-cost way to reduce childhood obesity by changing how educators feed young children.
- What could go wrong
- This is a behavioral study, not a drug trial, so results depend on educators sticking with the program. It's also limited to two U.S. states, so it may not apply everywhere.
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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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About 2,640 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2025
- Expected to finish
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Apr 2029
An estimate. End dates often move.
- 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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3 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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Inclusion Criteria: * Sites within a 100-mile radius of staff offices serving 12+ children ages 3 to 5 years * Agreeing to participate in data collection * Sites will serve meals. * All classrooms at a site will receive the same deimplementation strategies and participate in data collection. We will select one classroom at random per site to participate in the collection of child outcomes (N= 264 classrooms, 15 children per classroom= 1320 children total). Exclusion Criteria: * We will exclude sites that have participated in intervention studies with our team in the last 3 years.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center
Little Rock, Arkansas, 72205, United States
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