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Modifying the Home Television Watching Environment

NCT00065052 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 70

Last updated 2010-01-13

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if limiting television (TV) and computer time will result in a stabilization or smaller increase in body mass index (BMI), lower energy intake, and increased physical activity in 4-7 year old obese (\>85th BMI percentile) children over two years.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Behavior modification

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Leonard H. Epstein, Ph.D. · State Universtiy of New York at Buffalo, Department of Pediatrics

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
4 Years
Max Age
7 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-09-30
Completion
2007-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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