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Family Intervention for Obese Children Using Portion Control Strategy for Weight Control

NCT00881478 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 102

Last updated 2014-09-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Obesity in children is a serious disease that is associated with increased mortality and decreased life expectancy. A simple tool used to assist in controlling portions (and therefore calorie intake) at mealtime would be of benefit in promoting weight maintenance and/or loss. The purpose of this study is to assess the efficacy of a family intervention using a portion control tool to help control weight in obese children. The investigators hypothesize that the use of portion control tools by the parents and child will result in a greater decrease in the child's BMI over a 6 month period compared with the control group.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Nutrition counseling + portion control tool

Nutrition counseling with registered dietician in addition to teaching about how use of a portion control tool

OTHER

Nutrition counseling

Nutrition counseling with registered dietician

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Calgary

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Josephine Ho, MD · University of Calgary

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
8 Years
Max Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-08-31
Primary Completion
2014-08-31
Completion
2014-08-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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Diseases

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