Status:

COMPLETED

Childhood Obesity Treatment: A Maintenance Approach

Lead Sponsor:

Washington University School of Medicine

Collaborating Sponsors:

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

Seattle Children's Hospital

Conditions:

Childhood Overweight

Childhood Obesity

Eligibility:

All Genders

7-11 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of dose and content of an enhanced weight maintenance treatment on children's ability to maintain weight loss following a standard weight loss trea...

Detailed Description

Childhood Obesity (CO) prevalence in the United States has tripled in recent decades, and nearly 30% of children aged 6 to 11 are overweight or obese. CO is a serious public health problem, and is ass...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Children will be between the ages of 7 and 11 and at or above the 85th percentile for weight.
  • At least one parent of the participating child must be overweight (BMI ≥ 25).
  • One parent must agree to attend all parent/child treatment meetings as the participating parent.
  • Participants must be able to speak and comprehend English.

Exclusion

  • Participating parent or child having a thought disorder, suicidality, bipolar disorder, or drug or alcohol dependence.
  • Participating parent or child having a physical disability or illness that prevents performance of physical activity at level equivalent to a brisk walk or that places severe restriction on diet.
  • Participating parent or child being on a medication regimen that affects weight.
  • Participating parent or child being involved in active psychiatric treatment for an ongoing problem that causes either social or occupational impairment.
  • Parents (participating and nonparticipating) and children having an eating disorder (i.e., anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder) or having subclinical levels of eating disturbance (i.e., reporting key eating disorder behaviors of purging, fasting, or binge eating more than two times per month).

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2009

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

March 1 2013

Estimated Enrollment :

482 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00759746

Start Date

October 1 2009

End Date

March 1 2013

Last Update

February 23 2017

Active Locations (2)

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Washington University School of Medicine

St Louis, Missouri, United States, 63110

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Seattle Children's Hospital Research Institute

Seattle, Washington, United States, 98121