Food FARMacia: Reducing Childhood Obesity in Households With Food Insecurity
ConditionNutrition, Healthy
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age6+
SponsorStanford University
About this trial
The goal of this clinical trial is to test whether the Food FARMacia intervention to reduce food insecurity is feasible and accepted among families with an infant age 6 to less than 18 months receiving pediatric primary care.
All participants will receive nutrition education and anticipatory guidance to support healthy meal preparation in addition to usual care.
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Age 6 to < 18 months at enrollment
Born gestational age 37 weeks or later without evidence of undernutrition at routine health care visits
In household with food insecurity at time of screening phone call based on an affirmative response on the 2-item Hunger Vital Signs™ screening tool
Primary pediatric care patient at Stanford University/Stanford Health Care Network
Disqualifiers
Gestational age < 37 weeks
Small-for-gestational age at birth (birth weight for gestational age less than 10th percentile)
Weight-for-length < 3rd percentile
Body Mass Index < 5th percentile for age and sex
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Food FARMacia Program
- Self-directed meal preparation support
Treatment groups
80 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groupsLocations
2Stanford University School of Medicine94305, StanfordCalifornia, United States
Columbia University Irving Medical Center10032, New YorkNew York, United States
Sponsors and collaborators
Stanford University
Lead sponsor
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov