At a glance
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Preventing Childhood Obesity Through a Family-Based Mindfulness Intervention
In Brief
A clinical study evaluating Lifestyle counseling and Parenting Mindfully for Health (PMH) for Parental Stress and 3 related conditions. Completed, enrolled 42 participants across 1 site.
Detailed Summary
The goal of the proposed interdisciplinary study is to assess feasibility of recruiting a pilot sample of parents of toddlers and engaging them in a pilot study to test a version of mindfulness-based intervention for parenting stress reduction (PMH), an empirically-supported stress-reduction intervention, plus nutrition and physical activity counseling for parents of preschoolers (aged 2-5); to reduce parent (and child) stress levels; improve parenting; promote healthy eating and physical activity in parent and child; and prevent overweight and obesity in preschoolers with an obese parent.
Study Details
Timeline
Interventions
Active control group will receive weekly session for viewing relaxing video and discussion plus nutritional and physical activity counseling for 8 weeks.
Active participants will receive 8 weeks of mindfulness based parenting stress reduction (PMH) plus nutritional and physical activity counseling for 8 weeks.