Our Lifestyles Our Lives

Summary

The purpose of the study was to examine the influence of step goals with pedometers to improve children's weight loss, physical activity, and psychosocial health during behavioral treatment. Children with overweight or obesity were assigned to receive the behavioral treatment alone, plus pedometers, or plus pedometers with step goals.

Conditions

• Pediatric Obesity
• Weight Loss

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Family-based weight management

The "Our Lifestyles, Our Lives" family-based weight management intervention consisted of 10 weekly 90-minute group sessions focused on physical activity, nutrition, and behavioral modification. Parents and siblings were encouraged to join the participant in these sessions. Sessions were interactive and included cooking demonstrations, light to moderate intensity physical activity that engaged all family members, and behavioral counseling sessions in both mixed (parent and child) and parent-only format.

BEHAVIORAL

Pedometer

In addition to participating in the family-based weight management intervention, participants were given a pedometer (Omron HJ-324U, Omron Healthcare, Lake Forest, IL) and instructions at session 1. Participants were asked to wear the pedometer every day for the entirety of the program and return at session 10.

BEHAVIORAL

Individualized step goals

In addition to participating in the family-based weight management intervention, participants were given a step goal to increase their activity by 500 steps each week (above baseline calculated as average daily steps/day during week 1).

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Our Lady of the Lake Hospital

  collaborator OTHER

• American Council on Exercise

  collaborator OTHER

• Pennington Biomedical Research Center

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Amanda E Staiano, PhD · Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Study Design

Allocation

NON_RANDOMIZED

Purpose

TREATMENT

Masking

NONE

Model

FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age

8 Years

Max Age

17 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2014-07-31

Primary Completion

2016-06-30

Completion

2016-06-30