Table 2.
Description of Childhood Obesity Prevention and Treatment Research (COPTR) studies
NET-Works | GROW | IMPACT | GOALS | |
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Institutions, PIs Grant #s | University of Minnesota, S. French HealthPartners Institute for Education & Research, N. Sherwood U01 HL 068890 |
Vanderbilt University, S. Barkin U01 HL 103620 |
Case Western Reserve University, E. Borawski, L. Cutler, S. Moore U01 HL 103622 |
Stanford University, T. Robinson U01 HL 103629 |
Primary outcome | BMI | BMI | BMI slope | BMI slope |
Major inclusion criteria | BMI ≥50th percentile 2–4 years old No serious medical problems Speaks English or Spanish Family income <$65,000/year No plans to move within the next 36 months |
50th percentile ≤BMI <95th percentile 3–5 years old No serious medical problems Speaks English or Spanish Live in predefined zip codes No plans to move within the next 36 months |
BMI ≥85th percentile Rising 6th graders (10–11 years old) No serious medical problems Speaks English or Spanish No plans to move within the next 36 months |
BMI ≥85th percentile 7–11 years old No medical problems or medications affecting growth No medical, developmental, or social conditions limiting participation in interventions or assessments Speaks and reads English or Spanish Live in predefined low income neighborhoods No plans to move from SF Bay Area within the next 36 months. |
Target population Description Sample size |
Child–parent dyads 250/arm |
Child–parent dyads 300/arm |
Child–parent dyads 120/arm |
Children and at least one parent/guardian per family 120/arm |
Recruitment site(s) | 12 primary care clinics across three health care systems in Minneapolis and St. Paul, MN | Community sites (e.g., daycares, physicians’ offices, pre K programs, churches, community service programs) in East Nashville and South Nashville, TN | Public and charter schools in Cleveland, Ohio | Primary care providers and clinics, schools, community centers, churches, and other community locations in low income, primarily Latino neighborhoods near Stanford University (Palo Alto, CA) |
Interventions: brief descriptions | Intervention aimed at parents via family connector home visits, community parenting classes, neighborhood and community resource connections and pediatric primary care to improve and reinforce healthy diet and activity patterns. | Intervention aimed at parents and children in classes at community centers. It includes social media and phone coaching to improve dietary patterns, and use of the built environment to enhance physical activity of parent and child. | Intervention aimed at youth and parents in small group sessions and at youth in school based activities through a series of goal setting, skills building, changes in the family environment and daily routines to improve diet and physical activity patterns. | Intervention aimed at children and parents in a home based intervention to reduce screen time, increase physical activity, and alter dietary practices; community‐based after school team sports for children, and primary care counseling. |