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Read our Obesity research guide →Phase 2 — Testing in a bigger group (up to a few hundred people) to see if the treatment actually works and is still safe.
This study is testing whether teaching parents healthy parenting skills during their baby's first six months can help prevent obesity and unhealthy weight gain. The program, called THRIVE, focuses on responsive parenting—which means learning to read your baby's hunger and fullness cues, establishing healthy sleep habits, and using comforting methods other than food. About half the families will receive this special parenting guidance at their routine doctor visits, while the other half will receive standard care.
Obesity beginning in infancy is a serious problem that disproportionately affects children of color and families with lower incomes, and it often continues into adulthood. This study aims to catch the problem early by teaching parents simple, evidence-based strategies that might prevent rapid weight gain before it starts.
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If you're chosen for the special program, you and your baby would attend four parenting guidance sessions with a behavioral health specialist at your routine well-child visits when your baby is 1, 2, 4, and 6 months old. These sessions would teach you practical strategies for healthy feeding, sleep, and soothing. The study team will measure your baby's weight gain at 9 months to see if the program helps prevent rapid weight gain. The whole study lasts about six months, with visits built into your normal pediatric care.
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