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Efficacy of Increasing Physical Activity to Reduce Children's Visceral Fat

NCT00359957 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE1/PHASE2 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 29

Last updated 2010-03-02

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this trial is to examine whether adding greater physical activity to standard family-based behavioral pediatric obesity treatment decreases the amount of visceral fat among treated overweight children.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Pediatric Obesity Intervention (STANDARD)

14 weekly behavioral intervention visits with parent and child; individual family sessions (25-30 minutes) and separate parent and child groups (40 minutes)

BEHAVIORAL

Pediatric Obesity Intervention + High Activity (ADDED)

14 weekly behavioral intervention visits with parent and child; individual family sessions (25-30 minutes) and separate parent and child groups (40 minutes)

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Seattle Children's Hospital

    collaborator OTHER

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

    lead NIH

Principal Investigators

  • Brian E Saelens, Ph.D. · Children's Hospital and Regiona Medical Center, Seattle

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-07-31
Primary Completion
2007-12-31
Completion
2007-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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