Status:
COMPLETED
Childhood Obesity Treatment Targeting Specific Behaviors
Lead Sponsor:
The Miriam Hospital
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institutes of Health (NIH)
University of Tennessee
Conditions:
Childhood Obesity
Eligibility:
All Genders
4-9 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The US is in the midst of an obesity epidemic, affecting young children. The pediatric primary care setting is an ideal place to address this problem since most families have frequent contact with the...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 1\) Age between 4 and 9 years. We propose to use this age group since parents are in control of the eating and exercise choices of such children, and thus a program that focuses on parenting behaviors (i.e., positive reinforcement, stimulus control, parental modeling) should be developmentally appropriate. This age group also meets the Expert Committee's goal of intervening early5; moreover children aged 4 to 8 years have similar nutritional needs.
- 2\) Body mass index (BMI) \> 85th percentile BMI. Based upon the Expert Committee recommendations,5 children \> 2 years of age who are identified as being at risk for overweight (85th to 94th percentile BMI) or overweight (\> 95th percentile BMI) should focus on weight maintenance as height continues to increase. These recommendations are aimed at reducing z-BMI.
- 3\) Tanner stage 1 (prepubertal) sexual maturation status. 4) Self-report at least one of the following problematic behaviors:
- Consume \> 1 serving of sweetened drink per day.
- Consume \< 2 servings of low-fat milk per day.
- Watch \> 2 hours of TV per day.
- Engage in physical activity that makes them sweat or breath hard \< 5 days per week.
- These behaviors have been selected because each has been associated with childhood obesity.
- 5\) A parent willing to attend treatment meetings. 6) Parent and child speak English.
Exclusion
- Participants will be excluded if they:
- Report a family member participating in another weight loss program.
- Report that the child or parent planning to attend the treatment meetings has a major psychiatric disease or organic brain syndrome.
- Report that the child or parent planning to attend the treatment meetings has dietary or physical activity restrictions.
- Intend to move outside of the metropolitan area within the time frame of the investigation.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2005
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
February 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
81 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00259324
Start Date
September 1 2005
End Date
February 1 2009
Last Update
April 20 2012
Active Locations (1)
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1
The Weight Control and Diabetes Research Center
Providence, Rhode Island, United States, 02903