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A Primary Care Behavioral Approach for Addressing Childhood Overweight

NCT00284557 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 130

Last updated 2012-07-11

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether participation in a group-based health education curriculum is superior to receipt of standardized health educational materials for children who are overweight or at risk for overweight with regard to achievement of a healthier body weight and improvement of key eating and physical activity behaviors.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Group-based behavioral intervention

The group-based behavioral intervention targets eating behaviors, physical activity, and "screen time", and is delivered to participating children and their parent/caregiver over the course of 4 weeks. Maintenance sessions occur every 3 months thereafter.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Anne L Dunlop, MD, MPH · Emory University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
7 Years
Max Age
11 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-01-31
Primary Completion
2010-03-31
Completion
2010-07-31

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