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Family Functioning in Obesity Treatment for Mexican Americans

NCT05120804 · Status: ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 236

Last updated 2026-02-11

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Summary

Mexican American families share similar elevated risks for obesity and obesity-related conditions, such as type 2 diabetes. Because negative family interactions and relationships (e.g., poor communication, high conflict, low emotional closeness) are associated with obesity treatment outcomes, this study tests a behavioral weight management intervention that provides relationship skills counseling to mothers and adult daughters. The goal is to improve family interaction patterns to buffer challenges and strengthen collaboration for eating and physical activity behaviors that support long-term weight management and thus provide an effective obesity treatment approach to address a major public health concern.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Standard behavioral treatment

Nutrition and physical activity education along with behavior modification techniques

BEHAVIORAL

Standard behavioral treatment plus relationship skills training

Nutrition and physical activity education along with behavior modification techniques plus relationship skills training

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Becky Marquez

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-02-22
Primary Completion
2026-08-31
Completion
2026-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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