Families in Balance: Enhancing Household Routines and Reducing Early Childhood Obesity Among Families With Low-income

NARecruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

300

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

March 31, 2025

Primary Completion Date

February 28, 2027

Study Completion Date

February 28, 2027

Conditions
Health Behavior
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Online program

Families in Balance Online is a 6-week online program that includes 6 weekly group discussions and 3 individual support sessions, all held over Zoom. Program activities will focus on improving parent and child self-regulation as a means to encourage healthy family mealtime, sleep, and screentime routines. Participants will engage in in person and online data collection activities to understand whether the program is impactful.

BEHAVIORAL

Control Condition

Families in Balance is an asynchronous program in which participants will be sent materials weekly over 6 weeks to encourage healthy family mealtime, sleep, and screentime routines. Participants will engage in in person and online data collection activities to understand whether the program is impactful.

Trial Locations (1)

48109

RECRUITING

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)

FED

lead

University of Michigan

OTHER