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
Active Locations (1)
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Obesity Research Group
Columbia, South Carolina, United States, 29201