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Quincy Family, Youth & Technology For Lifestyle Change (FYT-4-LIFE) Study

NCT02324361 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 48

Last updated 2020-10-22

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Summary

To date, approaches that show the most promise for preventing and/or reversing the course of childhood obesity involve the delivery of intensive lifestyle interventions within a family-based context, emphasizing the necessity of parental involvement and making changes in family routines and the home environment. Considering that the current demand for pediatric weight management programs far exceed availability, as well as the high attrition rates observed in such programs, there is a great need for more accessible and efficient means of delivering these interventions to reduce the burden of childhood obesity.

The goal of this study is to understand whether text messaging and social media platforms can be leveraged to address the important issue of childhood obesity by engaging parent/guardians in one of these strategies, and whether these strategies produce similar outcomes. No existing study has compared these strategies head-to-head, and the investigators believe that this project will be instrumental in understanding the determinants of success in these strategies and allow us to collect sufficient intelligence to be able to deploy these meaningfully to patients as part of usual care.

Conditions

  • Pediatric Obesity

Interventions

OTHER

Physical Activity

The Fitbit Zip is a wireless physical activity monitor that will be worn by the index child during waking hours, and will be used to assess daily active time for the duration of the study.

BEHAVIORAL

Evidence-based information on healthy family routines

Educational dimensions include nutrition, frequency of family meals, child's screen time, bedtime routines, physical activity, and sleep hours.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Massachusetts General Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kamal Jethwani, MD, MPH · Massachusetts General Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-07-31
Primary Completion
2015-02-28
Completion
2015-02-28

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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