STOMP Early Years: A Pilot RCT of an Intensive, Family-Centred, Home Visiting Intervention for Young Children With Severe Obesity

If assigned to the parenting education session group, families will start with the 10-week group parenting education sessions and 2-4 home visits immediately after being enrolled. During this time, they will also come in for four one-on-one check-ins with the STOMP team. Each check-in will be approximately 1 hour. At least one parent/caregiver will attend weekly parenting sessions which will take place at SickKids. The Toronto Public Health Nurse will arrange 2-4 home visits with the family during the 6 month period of the study. The home visits will focus on helping to apply the messages and skills from the group sessions in their homes, and making connections in the neighbourhood to recreational or nutrition programs or other supports for the family.