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Motivational Wellness Coaching to Reduce Childhood Obesity in Families and Kids

Kaiser Permanente · with National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) · NCT05143697

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 2–8 · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
6600
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
May 16, 2022
Record last updated
September 4, 2025

Status re-checked against ClinicalTrials.gov within the last 12 hours.

What the study is about

Primary care settings lack interventions to address the childhood obesity epidemic that are feasible and sustainable without requiring significant resources. The investigators propose to modify and test an intervention shown to lower children's body mass index(BMI) so that it is feasible, sustainable, and easily disseminated in a real-world clinical setting. If successful, the investigators will be able to provide recommendations to providers and health care systems that help prioritize future intervention strategies and research investments to reduce obesity in children that can be quickly translated into other settings and widely adopted after the study period, with the goal of halting and reversing the childhood obesity epidemic.

Being studied: Wellness Coaching for Families and Kids

Conditions: Obesity

Eligibility criteria

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24 Eligible Intervention Clinics will provide motivational interview counseling and referrals to Wellness Coaching.

Inclusion criteria

  • Children age 2-8 years
  • Body mass index in the 85 percentile or higher

Exclusion criteria

  • Families that don't speak English or Spanish as a primary language

Recruiting US locations

  • Kaiser Permanente Pasadena

    Pasadena, CA 91101

    Site contact: Poornima S Kunani, MD · 424-264-9537 · Poornima.S.Kunani@kp.org

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Kimberly J Holmquist, MPHc · 626-243-8604 · Kimberly.J.Holmquist@kp.org
  • Jessica D Vallejo, MS · 626-564-3035 · Jessica.D.Vallejo@kp.org
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