ArticlePediatrics2026
Mindfulness Intervention for Parent Stress and Childhood Obesity Risk: A Randomized Trial.
Article in Pediatrics, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03950453 (Preventing Childhood Obesity Through a Mindfulness-Based Parent Stress Intervention), which is not on this map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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Preventing Childhood Obesity Through a Mindfulness-Based Parent Stress Intervention
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objectiveTo assess whether a novel parent stress with nutrition vs nutrition alone intervention decreases early childhood obesity risk.
methodsA prospective, parallel, 12-week randomized controlled trial with parents who were overweight (114 dyads body mass index [BMI]: 34.7 ± 6.6) and their young children (aged 2-5 years) was conducted between November 2018 and July 2022. Parenting Mindfully for Health (PMH+N) was compared with the control (CTL+N) weekly group intervention, each with nutrition and physical activity (N) psychoeducation. Changes in child BMI and parent stress were coprimary outcomes, whereas observed parenting in an established laboratory-based parent-child Toy-Wait Task (TWT) and child food intake were secondary outcomes.
resultsChild BMI z score significantly increased by 0.41 ([0.13, 0.69], P < .005) in the CTL+N, but PMH+N remained unchanged (0.20 [-0.49, 0.09], P > .17) over the 3-month follow-up, and parent stress decreased (3.17 [-5.19, -1.15] points, P < .003) only in the PMH+N arm. Significant time main effects indicated increased TWT positive parenting (2.82 [1.24, 4.4], P < .001) and reduced unhealthy child food intake (-1.78 [-3.02, -0.54]), driven by the PMH+N arm (P values <.02). Parent stress interacted with PMH+N vs CTL+N intervention to predict lower TWT positive parenting and child healthy food intake in the CTL+N arm (-1.74 [-3.26, -0.22] and -3.41 [-7.25, 0.42], respectively).
conclusionsTargeting parent stress with healthy nutrition is effective in preventing short-term early childhood obesity risk and in improving positive parenting and child healthy food intake. Further assessment of long-term effects of the PMH+N intervention on early childhood risk is warranted. (Clinical Trials Registration: NCT03950453).
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