Improving Primary Care to Prevent Childhood Obesity

Status unconfirmed · Phase 1/Phase 2

Conditions studied: Overweight in Preschool Age Children, Risk of Overweight in Preschool Age Children

In brief

To determine the extent to which a clinical intervention based on the Chronic Care Model (CCM), compared with the usual care control condition, results in a smaller age-associated increase in body mass index (BMI) over a 1 year intervention (primary outcome) and a 1 1/2-year follow-up period.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00377767

Run by

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

People needed

500

Starts

2006-09-01

Expected to finish

2009-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2006-09-18

Who can join

Age: 2 and older, up to 6. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 2.0 through 5.9 years receiving primary care in a multi-site group practice
• BMI > 95th percentile for age and sex, or 85th - 95th percentile if at least one parent is overweight

You may not qualify if…

• Child currently enrolled in a formal weight management program
• Child is in foster care
• Chronic conditions that may limit our ability to measure height and weight or that may interfere with their growth, physical activity, or dietary recommendations

Where it is running

• Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates — Boston, Massachusetts, United States (enrolling)

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