Family-based program to help families eat dinner together
Part of Heart & circulation, Hormones & metabolism clinical trials.
This study offers an intervention focused on family dinners to help children improve their eating habits. It targets children who eat family dinners rarely and have a higher weight range, to see if the program can help improve health over time.
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Who can take part
- Be a child age 5–10 and attend a primary care clinic in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, MN or the Denver metro area, CO
- Your family eats family dinner together three times per week or less
- Your child’s weight is at or above the 75th percentile for their age and sex (no maximum cutoff)
- The family must speak English or Spanish
- You likely will stay in the area for the next two years (so you won’t move)
- Your child does not have medically necessary dietary restrictions and the parent caregiver the child lives with more than half the time must be part of the study
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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