Clinical trialNCT01040897CompletedInterventional

Addressing Health Literacy and Numeracy to Prevent Childhood Obesity

SponsorVanderbilt UniversityEnrollment865Obesity Prevention

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Summary

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In 2003, Surgeon General Richard Carmona suggested that low health literacy is "one of the largest contributors to our nation's epidemic of overweight and obesity." Over 26% of preschool children are now overweight or obese, and children who are overweight by age 24 months are five times as likely as non-overweight children to become overweight adolescents. The aim of the study is to assess the efficacy of a low-literacy/numeracy-oriented intervention aimed at teaching pediatric resident physicians to promote healthy family lifestyles and prevent overweight among young children (age 0-2) and their families in under-resourced communities.

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Investigators

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Alan Delamater, LP PhD
University of Miami
Principal Investigator
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Eliana Perrin, MD MPH
Duke University
Principal Investigator
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Kori Flower, MD MS MPH
UNC Chapel Hill
Principal Investigator
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Lee Sanders, MD MPH
Stanford University
Principal Investigator
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Russell L Rothman, MD MPP
Vanderbilt University
Principal Investigator
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Shonna Yin, MD MS
NYU
Principal Investigator
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 28 Apr 2010
Primary completion: 1 Oct 2014
Completion: 1 Oct 2014
Last update posted: 21 Aug 2018
Registered enrollment: 865
Registry id: NCT01040897

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Source: ClinicalTrials.gov, via the CTTI AACT database, data as of 4 Nov 2026. Registry facts are shown as registered by the study sponsor; FindMyKOL does not interpret them.