Trial reportContemporary clinical trials2013
Growing Right Onto Wellness (GROW): a family-centered, community-based obesity prevention randomized controlled trial for preschool child-parent pairs.
Trial report in Contemporary clinical trials, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01316653 (Growing Right Onto Wellness), which is not on this map. Cited by 55 papers, 8 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Growing Right Onto Wellness (GROW): Changing Early Childhood Body Mass Index (BMI) Trajectories
Who cites it
55 citing papers in PubMed, 8 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 77 citations in OpenAlex.
- Interventions to prevent obesity in children aged 2 to 4 years old.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Gamification for Family Engagement in Lifestyle Interventions: A Systematic Review.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2021Pooled it
- Behavioural interventions delivered through interactive social media for health behaviour change, health outcomes, and health equity in the adult population.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Childhood Obesity Evidence Base Project: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of a New Taxonomy of Intervention Components to Improve Weight Status in Children 2-5 Years of Age, 2005-2019.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2020Pooled it
- Interventions for preventing obesity in children.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2019Pooled it
- Physical activity, diet and other behavioural interventions for improving cognition and school achievement in children and adolescents with obesity or overweight.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Physical activity, diet and other behavioural interventions for improving cognition and school achievement in children and adolescents with obesity or overweight.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- Inclusion of Sleep Promotion in Family-Based Interventions To Prevent Childhood Obesity.Childhood obesity (Print)Pooled it
- NET-Works paediatric obesity prevention trial: 66 month outcomes.Pediatric obesity · 2023Trial
- Ultra-processed food consumption and BMI-Z among children at risk for obesity from low-income households.Pediatric obesity · 2023Trial
- Effect of a Virtual Home-Based Behavioral Intervention on Family Health and Resilience During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Randomized Clinical Trial.JAMA network open · 2022Trial
- Dietary patterns and associations with BMI in low-income, ethnic minority youth in the USA according to baseline data from four randomised controlled trials.The British journal of nutrition · 2021Trial
- Identifying Social Network Conditions that Facilitate Sedentary Behavior Change: The Benefit of Being a "Bridge" in a Group-based Intervention.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2020Trial
- Evaluating dose delivered of a behavioral intervention for childhood obesity prevention: a secondary analysis.BMC public health · 2020Trial
- Competency-Based Approaches to Community Health: A Randomized Controlled Trial to Reduce Childhood Obesity among Latino Preschool-Aged Children.Childhood obesity (Print) · 2019Trial
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- Novel patterns of physical activity in a large sample of preschool-aged children.BMC public health · 2018Trial
- Parental perception of built environment characteristics and built environment use among Latino families: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2016Trial
- Digital and Blended Lifestyle Interventions for Preschool-Aged Children and Families With a Low Socioeconomic Position and the General Population: Scoping Review.Journal of medical Internet research · 2026Article
- Is Gamification the New Panacea for Health Behavioral Changes? Implications for the Health and Life Insurance Industry.JMIR serious games · 2026Article
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4 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
Growing Right Onto Wellness (GROW) is a randomized controlled trial that tests the efficacy of a family-centered, community-based, behavioral intervention to prevent childhood obesity among preschool-aged children. Focusing on parent-child pairs, GROW utilizes a multi-level framework, which accounts for macro (i.e., built-environment) and micro (i.e., genetics) level systems that contribute to the childhood obesity epidemic. Six hundred parent-child pairs will be randomized to a 3-year healthy lifestyle intervention or a 3-year school readiness program. Eligible children are enrolled between ages 3 and 5, are from minority communities, and are not obese. The principal site for the GROW intervention is local community recreation centers and libraries. The primary outcome is childhood body mass index (BMI) trajectory at the end of the three-year study period. In addition to other anthropometric measurements, mediators and moderators of growth are considered, including genetics, accelerometry, and diet recall. GROW is a staged intensity intervention, consisting of intensive, maintenance, and sustainability phases. Throughout the study, parents build skills in nutrition, physical activity, and parenting, concurrently forming new social networks. Participants are taught goal-setting, self-monitoring, and problem solving techniques to facilitate sustainable behavior change. The GROW curriculum uses low health literacy communication and social media to communicate key health messages. The control arm is administered to both control and intervention participants. By conducting this trial in public community centers, and by implementing a family-centered approach to sustainable healthy childhood growth, we aim to develop an exportable community-based intervention to address the expanding public health crisis of pediatric obesity.
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