Food FARMacia: Helping families with food worries
Part of Hormones & metabolism clinical trials.
This study tests a program called Food FARMacia to help families with young children who sometimes worry about having enough food. The goal is to see if the program can help prevent childhood obesity by providing support and resources.
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Who can take part
- Your child must be between 6 and 18 months old.
- Your household must sometimes worry about running out of food or not having enough money to buy food.
- Your child is a patient at a Stanford University or Stanford Health Care pediatric clinic.
- You (the parent or guardian) are 18 or older and can answer questions in English or Spanish.
- You and your child are willing to be in a research study for 6 months.
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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