Childhood Obesity Treatment: A Maintenance Approach

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of dose and content of an enhanced weight maintenance treatment on children's ability to maintain weight loss following a standard weight loss treatment.

Conditions

• Childhood Overweight
• Childhood Obesity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

SFM+ Low Dose

The SFM intervention assumes people need a social environment that supports changes in eating and physical activity for continued weight maintenance. Therefore, the SFM intervention will focus on helping families create a social environment that supports weight maintenance (e.g., children being friends with physically active peers). Participants in this group will meet less often than families that receive the Social Facilitation Maintenance (SFM) - High Dose intervention, giving them more opportunities to practice new skills between clinic visits.

BEHAVIORAL

Weight Maintenance Education

The Weight Maintenance Education intervention will help participants in parent and child groups to learn more about healthy eating and physical activity in a group setting. Participants will also learn about exercise and exercise safety, hydration during exercise, and stress management. Parent and child groups will combine for particular on-site and off-site activities, such as cooking demonstrations, grocery store tours, gym tours, and dance lessons.

BEHAVIORAL

SFM+ High Dose

The SFM intervention assumes people need a social environment that supports changes in eating and physical activity for continued weight maintenance. Therefore, the SFM intervention will focus on helping families create a social environment that supports weight maintenance (e.g., children being friends with physically active peers). Participants in this group will meet more often than families that receive the Social Facilitation Maintenance (SFM) - Low Dose intervention, allowing for more in-depth discussion and practice of key skills and concepts related to creating a social environment that supports a healthy lifestyle. These participants will receive more feedback and reinforcement from fellow group members, family interventionists, and group leaders for practicing their new behaviors.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

  collaborator NIH

• Seattle Children's Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Florida

  collaborator OTHER

• State University of New York at Buffalo

  collaborator OTHER

• Washington University School of Medicine

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Denise E Wilfley, PhD · Washington University School of Medicine

• Brian Saelens, Ph.D. · Seattle Children's Hospital

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

7 Years

Max Age

11 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2009-10-31

Primary Completion

2013-03-31

Completion

2013-03-31

Countries

• United States

Study Locations