Status:

COMPLETED

Families Improving Together (FIT) for Weight Loss

Lead Sponsor:

University of South Carolina

Collaborating Sponsors:

University of Michigan

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

Conditions:

Overweight

Obese

Eligibility:

All Genders

11-16 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The increasing rate of obesity has become a major public health concern with national reports indicating 40% of African American adolescents are now overweight/obese. Little is known about effective w...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Must have a parent or primary caregiver who lives in the same house as the adolescent
  • Live within 60 miles of the program's office
  • Have at least 3 grandparents who are African American
  • Access to the internet
  • Children between the ages of 11 and 16
  • Child must have BMI above 85th percentile and below 99th percentile
  • Have no medical condition that would limit participation in moderate intensity exercise including life-threatening illness (e.g., immobile, severely disabled, or bed ridden)
  • Available and able to participate in measures and intervention activities over the next year

Exclusion

  • Adolescents with chronic illness
  • Adolescents who require a specialized diet may not be eligible
  • Developmental delay
  • Partaking currently in another weight loss program

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

July 1 2012

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 8 2019

Estimated Enrollment :

241 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT01796067

Start Date

July 1 2012

End Date

March 8 2019

Last Update

April 22 2019

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Obesity Research Group

Columbia, South Carolina, United States, 29201