Treatment of Childhood Obesity in Primary Care

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Obesity

In brief

This project will apply the concepts from the Chronic Care Model to the problem of pediatric obesity and proposes: 1) to assess the effectiveness of teaching primary care providers (in diverse practice settings) to use specific communication strategies with parents of overweight and obese children to help them take steps with their child toward healthy behavior change; 2) to offer core components of an efficacious evidence-based pediatric obesity treatment within the pediatric primary care setting to determine if participating children will achieve clinically meaningful weight loss (assessed as weight and BMI percentile changes at the end of treatment and at a six month follow-up); and 3) to assess the ability of trained, behavioral psychologists to offer the treatment so that desired child outcomes are achieved. The primary project outcomes will include: 1) increase in self-reported physician confidence in use of counseling skills related to pediatric overweight; and 2) change in child's diet, physical activity, weight and BMI percentile at the end of treatment and at 6-month follow-up.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00398359

Run by

University of Wisconsin, Madison

People needed

145

Starts

2006-05-01

Expected to finish

2010-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-10-02

Who can join

Age: 9 and older, up to 12. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• >95% BMI
• developmentally normal
• referred by primary care provider

You may not qualify if…

• currently involved in an organized weight control program
• Preexisting high blood pressure
• Preexisting high lipids
• Preexisting diabetes due to obesity

Where it is running

• Group Health East Pediatrics — Madison, Wisconsin, United States
• UW East Pediatric Clinic — Madison, Wisconsin, United States
• University Station Pediatrics — Madison, Wisconsin, United States
• UW Pediatrics-Park St. — Madison, Wisconsin, United States
• UW West Towne Pediatrics — Madison, Wisconsin, United States
• Dean Pediatric Clinic — Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, United States

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