Status:

COMPLETED

Sensible Treatment of Obesity in Rural Youth . . .

Lead Sponsor:

University of Florida

Collaborating Sponsors:

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Conditions:

Obesity

Eligibility:

All Genders

8-13 years

Phase:

EARLY_PHASE1

Brief Summary

Project STORY (Sensible Treatment of Obesity in Rural Youth) will entail a three-arm randomized controlled trial to test the effectiveness of interventions designed to promote successful weight manage...

Detailed Description

Project STORY (Sensible Treatment of Obesity in Rural Youth) will entail a three-arm randomized controlled trial to test the effectiveness of interventions designed to promote successful weight manage...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Ethnicity: all ethnic groups.
  • Sex/Gender of Child Participant: Males and females.
  • Age of Child Participant: 8 - 12 years.
  • Child's Body-Mass Index: BMI above the 85th percentile for sex and age.
  • Participating Parent or Legal Guardian: Must have participating parent or legal guardian (male or female) with BMI \> 25 kg/m2. Participants (children and parents) must weigh less than 159 kg (350 pounds) in order to allow weight measurement on a standard balance beam scale.
  • Physician Authorization: Letter signed by a physician medically clearing individuals (children and adults) to participate in weight management program. For families who are not able to access physician care, we will arrange for an appointment with a health care provider.
  • Place of Residence: Child and participating parents must live in a rural county and within the same house.

Exclusion

  • Child or participating parent has dietary or exercise restrictions, or a medical condition that contraindicates mild energy restriction or moderate physical activity: history of musculo-skeletal condition that limits walking; heart condition; diabetes; chronic lung diseases limiting physical activity; uncontrolled high blood pressure or uncontrolled exercise induced-asthma as determined by a physician.
  • Participating parent pregnant or plans on becoming pregnant within the next year.
  • Medication exclusions: Child or participating parent on antipsychotic agents; systemic corticosteroids; or current use of prescription weight-loss drugs, insulin, or other diabetic medications.
  • Child or participating parent currently engaged in another weight control program.
  • Conditions or behaviors likely to affect the conduct of the trial: unwilling or unable to give informed consent; parent or legal guardian unable to read English at the 5th grade level; unwilling to accept random assignment; unable to travel to extension office for intervention sessions; likely to move out of the county within the next 18 months; child or parent with major psychiatric disorder; child with major cognitive or developmental delay; children with a current pattern of aggressive or oppositional behavior; or any other condition/situation which in the opinion of staff would adversely affect participation in Project STORY.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

September 1 2005

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

August 1 2008

Estimated Enrollment :

93 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00248677

Start Date

September 1 2005

End Date

August 1 2008

Last Update

December 13 2011

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University of Florida

Gainesville, Florida, United States, 32610