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Examining the Role of Executive Functioning in Family-Based Intensive Health Behavior and Lifestyle Treatment
Led by University of Missouri-Columbia · Updated on 2026-02-12
10
Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
116 weeks
Total Duration
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AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The objectives of this open trial feasibility study are to examine the impacts of intensive health behavior and lifestyle treatment (IHBLT) on youth and caregiver executive functioning (EF), weight status, health behaviors (dietary intake, disordered eating, physical activity), and psychological functioning. Investigators propose to enroll 10 youth 13 to 17 years of age who have overweight or obesity (OV/OB) and a primary caregiver. Families will receive six months of evidence-based family focused group IHBLT based on social, cognitive, and family systems theories. Families will complete assessments of EF skills (objective and self-report), weight status, dietary intake, physical activity, and psychological functioning at pre- and post-treatment.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Examining the Role of Executive Functioning in Family-Based Intensive Health Behavior and Lifestyle Treatment
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Youth aged 13 to 17 years
- Youth with overweight or obesity (BMI at or above the 85th percentile for age and gender)
- Participating caregiver must be the youth's legal guardian
- Youth and caregiver must speak and read English
- Youth and caregiver agree to attend group meetings during the treatment period
You will not qualify if you...
- Youth with pervasive developmental disorders (e.g., intellectual disability)
- Youth or caregiver currently in a commercial weight loss program or taking prescribed medications affecting appetite or weight within the past three months
- Youth or caregiver with a history of eating disorder or untreated severe depression
- Both youth and caregiver have executive functioning scores two standard deviations or more above the mean on CPT-3 Commissions and Stroop Interference tests
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
College of Health Sciences, University of Missouri
Columbia, Missouri, United States, 65211
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How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
NONE
Allocation
NA
Model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary Purpose
TREATMENT
Number of Arms
1
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