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Familial Overweight: Comparing Use of Strategies

NCT00746629 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 72

Last updated 2015-05-21

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the efficacy of two different approaches (prescribed \& self-directed) to the treatment of childhood obesity and their relative impact on child weight status, physical activity, and diet.

Conditions

  • Overweight and Obesity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

FOCUS

Treatment will be delivered over a 20-week period. Participating children and at least one of their parents will attend weekly in-person clinic sessions. Treatment will consist of 20-25 minute meetings between the assigned interventionist and each child/parent pair to individualize treatment, with an emphasis on helping the family change eating and activity behaviors. Family meetings will be followed by separate child and parent group meetings lasting approximately 35-45 minutes. In both approaches, parents serve as primary implementers of the treatment for the child and, if overweight, for themselves. Group sessions provide education in diet and physical activity, parenting, and behavioral skills, although conditions differ in whether skills are "prescribed" or "self-directed". Children and parents will be weighed at each clinic visit.

Sponsors & Collaborators

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

    collaborator NIH

  • Seattle Children's Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Brian E Saelens, PhD · Seattle Children's Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-05-31
Primary Completion
2012-12-31
Completion
2012-12-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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