Reducing Obesity Through Play Among Toddlers: Tiny Steps to Health (TSHS) Study
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Official title
Reducing Obesity Through Play: A Randomized Control Trial
Brief summary
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The purpose of this study is to test various ways to help toddlers develop healthy eating and activity behaviors. Parents and toddlers, who participate in this research will be randomly assigned to either 1) continue their lifestyle behaviors for 10-weeks and then receive a health club membership for 1-month, 2) attend a health promotion playgroup together for 10 weeks, or 3) to attend an educational class for parents while toddlers are in childcare for 10-weeks. Physical measures of toddlers (height, weight, dietary intake, activity) will be collected. Parent-report surveys with questions about parenting, toddler diet, toddler temperament, food security status, demographic qualities, and satisfaction with group assignment will be collected. Last, the interactions between parents and toddlers will be observed and assessed during short play tasks via Zoom. All measures will be collected immediately upon signing up for the study (week 0), 10-weeks later (post), and 24-weeks after signing up for the study.
Study identification
- NCT ID
- NCT06918821
- Recruitment status
- Recruiting
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Not applicable
- Enrollment
- 300 participants
Conditions and interventions
Conditions
Interventions
- Healthy Toddler Parent Group (HTPG) Behavioral
- Families Understanding Nutrition and Physically Active Lifestyles (FUNPALs) Playgroup Behavioral
Behavioral
Eligibility (public fields only)
- Age range
- 18 Months to 36 Months
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepts healthy volunteers
This page does not interpret eligibility. Detailed inclusion and exclusion criteria are on the official ClinicalTrials.gov record.
Study timeline
- Start date
- May 16, 2025
- Primary completion
- Feb 27, 2029
- Completion
- Feb 27, 2029
- Last update posted
- May 4, 2026
2025 – 2029
United States locations
- U.S. sites
- 1
- U.S. states
- 1
- U.S. cities
- 1
| Facility | City | State | ZIP | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Houston | Houston | Texas | 77204 | Recruiting |
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- Last update posted May 4, 2026 · Synced Sep 3, 2026
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