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Efficacy Trial Healthy Dads, Healthy Kids for Hispanic Fathers and Children
Hispanics in the United States face health disparities for obesity and related medical conditions, such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes. Targeting families to promote healthy lifestyle behaviors has been identified …
Baylor Role: Lead Sponsor
Completed
Oral Iron Versus Oral Iron Plus a Web-based Behavioral Intervention in Young Children (IRONCHILD)
First, the doctor will confirm that patients are eligible for the study. Patients will complete the following procedures: - Medical history including prior hospitalizations, lab results, medications, diet, social and …
Baylor Role: Lead Sponsor
Recruiting
Diet and Exercise Plus Metformin to Treat Frailty in Obese Seniors
The growing prevalence of obesity in older adults including many older Veterans, has become a major concern in the US already strained health care system in general and in the …
Baylor Role: Collaborator
Active, Not Recruiting
The i Heart Rhythm Project: Healthy Sleep and Behavioral Rhythms for Obesity Prevention
The current study employs a 2 group randomized control design (treatment and no-treatment control) with randomization occurring after baseline (time 0) and 3 additional evaluation periods (end of intervention (time …
Baylor Role: Lead Sponsor
Recruiting
Glycine "Deficiency" and the Kinetics of Acylglycine in Morbid Obesity
This study aims to evaluate the effects of oral glycine supplementation on plasma glycine concentration, intracellular glutathione (GSH) concentration, plasma acylglycine concentration, urine acylglycine concentration, and insulin resistance in subjects …
Baylor Role: Collaborator
Recruiting
Genetic Disorders of Obesity Program Database
Children and adolescents who have suffered from severe weight gain prior to 5 years of age and who are seen in the Genetic Disorders of Obesity Program at Texas Children …
Baylor Role: Lead Sponsor
Recruiting
Causal Mechanisms in Adolescent Arterial Stiffness
Aortic stiffness measured in adolescence or adulthood determines current hypertension, predicts future incidence of hypertension, and future atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) events. International hypertension guidelines list severe aortic stiffness as …
Baylor Role: Lead Sponsor
Completed
Obesity-Related Glycine Deficiency: Investigating a Long-standing Metabolic Paradox Using Bedside and Bench Approaches
Metabolic tracers: 1,2-[13C2]-Glycine, 1,2-[13C2]-Glycine, 2,3,3,-[2H3]-Serine and [2H5]-Phenylalanine will be infused for quantification of various pathways associated with glycine metabolism.
Baylor Role: Collaborator
Recruiting
Passive Dietary Intake Assessment Study
This protocol describes the process of developing and validating a passive dietary monitoring system for the assessment of an individual's dietary intake in households in Ghana and Kenya. The first …
Baylor Role: Collaborator
Active, Not Recruiting
Fit 5 Kids Screen Time Reduction Curriculum for Latino Preschoolers
Screen time is a major risk factor for childhood obesity and inadequate physical activity, both of which are determinants of type 2 diabetes (T2D), cardiovascular disease, and multiple cancers. Latinos …
Baylor Role: Collaborator