Child ObesityNCT04754269
A Mobile Health Intervention to Reduce Sweet Beverage Consumption in Latino Children
A study testing Beverage Intervention and Reading Intervention in people with Child Obesity and Child Development, run by University of California, San Francisco at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption is a major contributor to childhood obesity, caries, fatty liver disease, and Type 2 diabetes. Latino children are more likely to consume sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and to suffer from all of the aforementioned conditions. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 12 to 59 months
- Conditions the study is for
- Child Obesity, Child Development
- What is being tested?
- Beverage Intervention and Reading Intervention
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 171 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- 5 Mar 2021to 1 Dec 2023
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 12 to 59 months
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Child
Who may be able to join
- Parent identifies child as Latino/a/x
- Child age 1 to 5 (12 to 59 months)
- Parent has a cell phone that can receive text messages
- Parent speak English or Spanish
Who cannot join
- Child does not feed by mouth
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
San Francisco General Hospital Children's Health Center
San Francisco, California, 94110
About this study
Official title: Randomized Controlled Trial of an M-health Intervention to Reduce Sweet Beverage Consumption Among Low-income Latino Children
Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption is a major contributor to childhood obesity, caries, fatty liver disease, and Type 2 diabetes. Latino children are more likely to consume sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and to suffer from all of the aforementioned conditions. Reading out loud to children from birth through age 5 is critical for the promotion of language and early literacy skills. Children whose parents read aloud to them are more likely to start school with the skills required for early reading success. This is important as reading proficiency in third grade is the best predictor of high school graduation and career success. Latino children are less likely to be read to than non-Hispanic white children and at higher risk of entering kindergarten without critical early literacy skills. Thus, there is a pressing need for interventions to reduce SSB consumption among Latino children as well as interventions that promote reading out loud. Primary care is an optimal setting for such interventions. However, multiple demands on providers' time make it difficult to rely on in-person interventions. For this reason, it is critical to test intervention designs that do not rely directly on health care providers and that can be delivered remotely if needed. The investigators have developed two m-health interventions for Latino parents, one that promotes optimal beverage consumption patterns and one that promotes reading out loud to children. The purpose of this study is to test the impact of these interventions on child beverage intake patterns and the frequency with which parents read to children.
- Conditions
- Child Obesity, Child Development
- Being tested
- Beverage Intervention, Reading Intervention
- Medical subject headings
- Pediatric Obesity
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Beverage InterventionBehavioural
Parents will watch a video that promotes optimal beverage practices for young children including discouraging consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and fruit juice and encouraging consumption of water and unsweetened milk. Parents will receive 24 text messages over a 12 week period that reinforce and expand on the messages in the video.
Reading InterventionBehavioural
Parents will watch a video that promotes reading to children and includes specific ideas and techniques for how to make reading interactive and engaging. Parents will receive 24 text messages over a 12 week period that reinforce and expand on the messages in the video.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Beverage Intervention | Experimental | Parents will watch a video that promotes optimal beverage practices for young children. Parents will receive that reinforce and expand on the messages in the video. Receives: Behavioral: Beverage Intervention |
| Reading Intervention | Experimental | Parents will watch a video that promotes reading to children. Parents will receive text messages that reinforce and expand on the messages in the video. Receives: Behavioral: Reading Intervention |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Change in 7-day child consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and 100% fruit juice
Parents will report child consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and 100% fruit juice over previous 7 days in fluid ounces via a verbal questionnaire. The outcome measure will be the summed 7-day total of sugar-sweetened beverages and 100% fruit juice in fluid ounces
Measured: Change from baseline to 3-month follow-up
Secondary outcomes (1)
Change in 7 day total parent intake of sugar-sweetened beverages
Parents will report their own consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages in the previous 7 days in 8 ounce servings via a verbal questionnaire
Measured: Change from baseline to 3-month follow-up
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted15 Feb 2021
- Study start5 Mar 2021
- Primary completion1 Dec 2023
- Study completion1 Dec 2023
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Other trials for Child ObesityStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by University of California, San FranciscoThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Health services research
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind
- Who is masked
- Outcomes assessor
- Enrolment
- 171 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- University of California, San Francisco
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Amy L Beck, MD, MPH, Principal investigator, University of California, San Francisco
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04754269
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 20-30664
- Status last verified
- Apr 2026
- First submitted
- 10 Feb 2021
- Last updated
- 16 Apr 2026
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- FDA-regulated drug
- No
- FDA-regulated device
- No
- Individual data sharing
- No
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 16 Apr 2026. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Randomized Controlled Trial of an M-health Intervention to Reduce Sweet Beverage Consumption Among Low-income Latino Children
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT04754269
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- 20-30664
- Conditions
- Child Obesity, Child Development
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 171 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- University of California, San FranciscoUniversity, hospital or other
- Study start
- 5 Mar 2021 (actual)
- Primary completion
- 1 Dec 2023 (actual)
- Study completion
- 1 Dec 2023 (actual)
- First posted
- 15 Feb 2021 (actual)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption is a major contributor to childhood obesity, caries, fatty liver disease, and Type 2 diabetes. Latino children are more likely to consume sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and to suffer from all of the aforementioned conditions. Reading out loud to children from birth through age 5 is critical for the promotion of language and early literacy skills. Children whose parents read aloud to them are more likely to start school with the skills required for early reading success. This is important as reading proficiency in third grade is the best predictor of high school graduation and career success. Latino children are less likely to be read to than non-Hispanic white children and at higher risk of entering kindergarten without critical early literacy skills. Thus, there is a pressing need for interventions to reduce SSB consumption among Latino children as well as interventions that promote reading out loud. Primary care is an optimal setting for such interventions. However, multiple demands on providers' time make it difficult to rely on in-person interventions. For this reason, it is critical to test intervention designs that do not rely directly on health care providers and that can be delivered remotely if needed. The investigators have developed two m-health interventions for Latino parents, one that promotes optimal beverage consumption patterns and one that promotes reading out loud to children. The purpose of this study is to test the impact of these interventions on child beverage intake patterns and the frequency with which parents read to children.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Health services research
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- Single blind (outcomes assessor)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Beverage Intervention | Experimental | Behavioral: Beverage InterventionParents will watch a video that promotes optimal beverage practices for young children. Parents will receive that reinforce and expand on the messages in the video. |
| Reading Intervention | Experimental | Behavioral: Reading InterventionParents will watch a video that promotes reading to children. Parents will receive text messages that reinforce and expand on the messages in the video. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 12 to 59 months
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Child
Key inclusion criteria (4 listed)
- Parent identifies child as Latino/a/x
- Child age 1 to 5 (12 to 59 months)
- Parent has a cell phone that can receive text messages
- Parent speak English or Spanish
Key exclusion criteria (1 listed)
- Child does not feed by mouth
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Beverage InterventionParents will watch a video that promotes optimal beverage practices for young children including discouraging consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and fruit juice and encouraging consumption of water and unsweetened milk. Parents will receive 24 text messages over a 12 week period that reinforce and expand on the messages in the video. | Behavioural | Beverage Intervention |
| Reading InterventionParents will watch a video that promotes reading to children and includes specific ideas and techniques for how to make reading interactive and engaging. Parents will receive 24 text messages over a 12 week period that reinforce and expand on the messages in the video. | Behavioural | Reading Intervention |
Primary outcome
Change in 7-day child consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and 100% fruit juice
Time frame: Change from baseline to 3-month follow-up
Parents will report child consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and 100% fruit juice over previous 7 days in fluid ounces via a verbal questionnaire. The outcome measure will be the summed 7-day total of sugar-sweetened beverages and 100% fruit juice in fluid ounces
1 secondary outcome
Change in 7 day total parent intake of sugar-sweetened beverages
Time frame: Change from baseline to 3-month follow-up
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 16 Apr 2026.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: No
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Amy L Beck, MD, MPH principal investigator
University of California, San Francisco
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Beverage Intervention and Reading Intervention in people with Child Obesity and Child Development, run by University of California, San Francisco at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 1 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 16 Apr 2026. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Change in 7-day child consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and 100% fruit juice (time frame: Change from baseline to 3-month follow-up). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 16 Apr 2026.