Status:
COMPLETED
Parents as the Agent of Change for Childhood Obesity
Lead Sponsor:
University of California, San Diego
Conditions:
Obesity
Eligibility:
All Genders
8-12 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The overall intent of this study is to explore a promising mode for delivering treatment for childhood obesity via parent education only, and to evaluate the cost effectiveness compared to the current...
Detailed Description
This study is a randomized clinical trial in which 150 overweight 8-12 year old children and their parent will be randomly assigned by the gender of the child to one of two conditions; a parent-only i...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Overweight child 8-12 years of age and above the 95th% for age and gender
- An overweight (BMI \> 25) parent willing to participate and attend all treatment meetings
- Eligible parent who can read at a minimum of an 8th grade level
- Family willing to commit to 5 months of treatment attendance, and follow-up for 18 months post-treatment.
Exclusion
- Major child psychiatric disorder diagnoses
- Child diagnoses of a serious current physical disease (such as diabetes) for which physician supervision of diet and exercise prescription are needed (self-report)
- Family with restrictions on types of food, such as food allergies, religious, or ethnic practices that limit the foods available in the home
- Child with physical difficulties that limit the ability to exercise
- Child with an active eating disorder (based on EDE interview)
- Families where children or parents are involved in swimming or weight training more than 5 hours per week
- Major parent psychiatric disorder
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
November 1 2010
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 1 2015
Estimated Enrollment :
152 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01197443
Start Date
November 1 2010
End Date
July 1 2015
Last Update
December 2 2015
Active Locations (1)
Enter a location and click search to find clinical trials sorted by distance.
1
UCSD Center for Healthy Eating and Activity Research (CHEAR)
La Jolla, California, United States, 92093