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Family Influences to Prevent Childhood Obesity

NCT01510587 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 194

Last updated 2015-01-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The main goal of this project is to develop, deliver, and assess the efficacy of a parent-centered educational program (4-Health) designed to prevent preteen children from becoming overweight.

Conditions

  • Childhood Obesity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

4-Health Educational curriculum

During the intervention, parents meet about every 3 weeks (90 min/session) in small groups with facilitators. During meetings classroom activities aim to integrate 3 areas: 1) parents' knowledge about healthy diets, physical activity and improved body image; 2) parents' understanding, skills and potential roles as positive change-agents (i.e., parenting and behavior management); and 3) parents' learning and practicing cognitive-behavioral exercises that encourage specific skills within the family/home setting. Between monthly meetings, participants explore a suggested online websites or facilitator-assigned questions and provide feedback. The majority of outside time/assignments for parents is spent doing take-home activities with their preteen child and family.

BEHAVIORAL

Healthy Living Information

During the Healthy Living Information intervention, participants receive packets delivered to their homes by mail at intervals similar to the meeting intervals for the educational curriculum intervention. (10 total packets.) Approximately every three weeks between late September 2011 and April 2012, corresponding approximately to the meeting times for the 4-Health Educational Program, participants in the Healthy Living Information control group receive mailed packets of information.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • USDA Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center

    collaborator FED

  • Montana State University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Wesley Lynch, PhD · Montana State University

  • Lynn Paul, PhD, RD · Montana State University

  • Jill Martz, PhD · Montana State University

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-07-31
Primary Completion
2014-06-30
Completion
2014-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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