NCT03334669: CHL

Family-centered Obesity Prevention: Communities for Healthy Living (CHL)

Terminated NA Last updated 29 September 2025

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Parents Connect for Healthy Living (PConnect) in Pediatric Obesity in 4,999 participants. Terminated before completion.

Timeline

1 October 2017

Primary endpoint
31 December 2019

31 December 2019

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Boston College
Phase	NA
Status	Terminated
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	crossover
Masking	none
Primary purpose	prevention
Enrollment	4,999
Start date	1 October 2017
Primary completion	31 December 2019
Estimated completion	31 December 2019
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• Parents Connect for Healthy Living (PConnect)
• Enhanced Nutrition Support
• Media Resources

Conditions studied

• Pediatric Obesity — all drugs for Pediatric Obesity →
• Obesity — all drugs for Obesity →

Sponsor

Boston College

Who can join

3 and older, any sex, with Pediatric Obesity or Obesity. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

The Communities for Healthy Living (CHL) program is a family-focused intervention to promote healthy lifestyle behaviors including diet and physical activity among children (age 3-to 5-years) and their families, enrolled in Head Start.

Publications & conference data

8 peer-reviewed publications reference this trial (live from Europe PMC):

1. Healthy eating interventions delivered in early childhood education and care settings for improving the diet of children aged six months to six years.
   Yoong SL, Lum M, Wolfenden L, Jackson J, et al · · 2023 · cited 29× · PMID 37306513 · DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd013862.pub2
2. Communities for healthy living (CHL) - A family-centered childhood obesity prevention program integrated into Head Start services: Study protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomized trial.
   Beckerman JP, Aftosmes-Tobio A, Kitos N, Jurkowski JM, et al · · 2019 · cited 17× · PMID 30630109 · DOI 10.1016/j.cct.2019.01.002
3. Evaluation of a cluster-randomized controlled trial: Communities for Healthy Living, family-centered obesity prevention program for Head Start parents and children.
   Gago C, Aftosmes-Tobio A, Beckerman-Hsu JP, Oddleifson C, et al · · 2023 · cited 13× · PMID 36631869 · DOI 10.1186/s12966-022-01400-2
4. Healthy eating interventions delivered in early childhood education and care settings for improving the diet of children aged six months to six years.
   Yoong SL, Lum M, Wolfenden L, Jackson J, et al · · 2023 · cited 12× · PMID 37606067 · DOI 10.1002/14651858.cd013862.pub3
5. The Obesity Parenting Intervention Scale: Factorial Validity and Invariance Among Head Start Parents.
   Figueroa R, Saltzman JA, Aftosmes-Tobio A, Davison KK. · · 2019 · cited 9× · PMID 31753267 · DOI 10.1016/j.amepre.2019.08.013
6. Adaptation and implementation outcomes of a parenting program for low-income, ethnically diverse families delivered virtually versus in-person.
   Grafft N, Aftosmes-Tobio A, Gago C, Lansburg K, et al · · 2022 · cited 7× · PMID 36318233 · DOI 10.1093/tbm/ibac077
7. Communities for Healthy Living (CHL) A Community-based Intervention to Prevent Obesity in Low-Income Preschool Children: Process Evaluation Protocol.
   Beckerman-Hsu JP, Aftosmes-Tobio A, Gavarkovs A, Kitos N, et al · · 2020 · cited 5× · PMID 32703293 · DOI 10.1186/s13063-020-04571-0
8. Exploring a theory of change: Are increases in parental empowerment associated with healthier weight-related parenting practices?
   Gago CM, Jurkowski J, Beckerman-Hsu JP, Aftosmes-Tobio A, et al · · 2022 · cited 4× · PMID 35123371 · DOI 10.1016/j.socscimed.2022.114761