Intervening in Food Insecurity to Reduce and Mitigate (InFoRM) Childhood Obesity

Part of paid clinical trials in Boston, Massachusetts.

Sponsor
Boston Children's Hospital
Study ID
NCT05586269
Status
Completed

Conditions

  • Nutrition Disorders
  • Obesity
  • Overnutrition, Child
  • Pediatric Obesity

Eligibility Criteria

Sex
ALL
Age
6 Years - N/A
Healthy Volunteers
Accepted

Interventions

  • Meal Kit Delivery — BEHAVIORAL
    Dyads (caregiver + child) receive one meal kit delivery per week. One meal kit is designed to include two recipes and ingredients to prepare 10 servings (\~2 meals for a household 5 people). Meal kits come with printed picture-based recipes in English or Spanish and access to online cooking demonstrations.
  • Newsletter + Food Pantry Referral — BEHAVIORAL
    Dyads (caregiver + child) receive a printed newsletter in English and Spanish that lists additional local food assistance resources. Dyads receive a referral to the clinic's associated food pantry.

Study Details

The goals of this study are to 1) pilot the feasibility of a novel meal kit delivery intervention in families and children with food insecurity and obesity and 2) evaluate the implementation of the pilot intervention.

Key Dates

Start date
Feb 13, 2023
Status verified
May 2025
Primary completion
Nov 2, 2023
Completion
Jan 25, 2024

Study Design

Enrollment
59 participants (actual)
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Intervention model
CROSSOVER
Primary purpose
TREATMENT

Arms

  • Experimental: Meal Kits, Then Newsletter + Food Pantry Referral
    Dyads (caregiver + child) receive weekly healthy meal kits with fresh ingredients and simple recipes (6 weeks duration). After the second study visit, they receive a newsletter and food pantry referral.
  • Experimental: Newsletter + Food Pantry Referral, Then Meal Kits
    Dyads (caregiver + child) receive a newsletter and food pantry referral. After the second study visit, they receive weekly healthy meal kits with fresh ingredients and simple recipes (6 weeks duration).

Primary Outcome Measure

Study Feasibility: Recruitment [ Time Frame: 2 months to baseline ]

Locations (1)

FacilityCityStateZIPSite coordinators
Boston Children's HospitalBostonMassachusetts02115-

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