The First 1,000 Days Program: Maternal-Child Obesity Prevention in Early Life

Mass General Brigham

Status: Completed

Conditions: Physical Activity; Feeding Behavior; Diet Habit; Overweight and Obesity; Social Determinants of Health; Sleep

Treatments: Behavioral: First 1,000 Days Program Site

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other; NIH

Identifiers

NCT03191591

1K24DK105989 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

2016P000801

Details and patient eligibility

About

The First 1000 Days (conception to age 2) is a crucial period for the development and prevention of obesity and its adverse consequences in mother-child pairs and their families. The overall aim of the First 1000 Days program is to work across early-life systems to prevent obesity, promote healthy routines and behaviors, address social determinants of health, and reduce health disparities among vulnerable children and families at community health centers in the Boston, MA area.

The study aims to simultaneously implement and evaluate an obesity prevention program across early life systems to reduce the prevalence of obesity risk factors within racial/ethnic minority families, close the gap in maternal-child health disparities, and assess and address social determinants of health.

Enrollment: 1,645 estimated patients

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• All pregnant women receiving prenatal care at select community health centers in the Boston, MA area
• All families of children aged 0-2 years receiving pediatric care at select community health centers in the Boston, MA area

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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1,645 participants in 1 patient group

First 1,000 Days Program

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: First 1,000 Days Program Site