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Development of Eating Disorders Symptoms Among Children

NCT02624713 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 159

Last updated 2020-02-10

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Summary

Randomized Clinical Trial, the research will be composed of two parts in order to examine the research question: a combination of controlled randomized retrospective research and prospective cohort research

Prospective Cohort Research:

The research groups - families coming for treatment in "Active Maccabi" clinics in the Northern Region, Israel. Approximately 30 families.

Retrospective Random Controlled Research

1. The research group - families that have completed an intervention program of "Active Maccabi" Northern Region, Israel,within the past two to three years. The families will be requested to attend a follow-up meeting of all family members in which they will answer questionnaires. Approximately 66 families.
2. The control groups - families who did not participate in the program who have a child between the age 7-14 who has suffered from obesity/weight (over the past 2-3 years), in correlation with the child in the intervention group. Approximately 66 families.

Hypotheses of the research:

1. Status of the weight of the child being treated and of his siblings will be higher than that at the end of the program.
2. Indication of the obesogenic environment of families participating in the program will be lower in comparison with families not participating in the program.
3. The rate of eating disorder symptoms among children who participated in the program will be lower in comparison with those of the obese/overweight child in families who were not the program.
4. The rate of eating disorder symptoms among siblings who participated in the program will be lower than that of siblings in families not in the program.

Conditions

  • Eating Disorders Symptoms

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

obesity treatment

1. Parents' education groups for nutrition and healthy behavior with a dietician and a social worker every 2 weeks for5 months, for a total of 10 meetings. This part of the intervention aimed at providing parents with effective tools for modification of lifestyle and the family environment. 2. Children's individual therapy consisted of 6 individual meetings with a family physician, a physical therapist specializing in children's physical activity, and a dietician. This part of the intervention aimed at modifying nutrition and lifestyle; the physical therapist can help children incorporate physical activity into their routine. 3. Physical activity groups for the children, with individual physical fitness monitoring. twice a week for 6 months. .

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Maccabi Healthcare Services, Israel

    collaborator OTHER

  • Tel Hai College

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Moria Golan, PROFESSOR · Tel Hai College

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-11-30
Primary Completion
2017-01-31
Completion
2017-02-28

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