Parents were pivotal in the success of a study to prevent childhood obesity, Elizabeth Tracey reports

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New parents are motivated people. That’s one observation from a new study co-led by Johns Hopkins pediatrics expert Eliana Perrin using a text-based intervention to prevent early childhood obesity. Perrin says parents both helped design the intervention and were participants.

Perrin: We had a lot of people who were very willing to be part of our project in both arms of the study. Parents were going to get information to help their kids grow up healthier. That's something all parents want. Parents have lots of questions about feeding and activity, they want to know these things. What should I be giving them to drink, what's a good meal time, how much should my baby be sleeping,is it OK if my baby watches TV? They have these questions anyway our project was a great way to make that structured and help them.  :32

Perrin hopes to use the strategy widely. At Johns Hopkins, I’m Elizabeth Tracey.