Examining the Feasibility of Collaborative Care Treatment for Overweight Adolescents

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Obesity, Overweight

In brief

This project will examine the effectiveness of a primary care based intervention to help overweight teen girls adopt healthy lifestyle practices. Participants will be adolescent females from Kaiser Permanente Northwest primary care clinics with a body mass index above the 90th percentile. Teens will be randomly assigned to (1) a behavioral weight control program (enriched intervention), (2) brief primary care counseling (low intensity intervention), or (3) usual-care (control). For both of the project's active intervention arms, teens' primary care providers will be given customized plans describing the teen's eating and physical activity habits and instructions on how to best work with these teens and their families. The behavioral weight control program will be specifically tailored for teen girls and will include separate group meetings for teens and parents, follow-up telephone contacts with their group leader, and coordinated feedback from the teen's primary care provider.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00462267

Run by

Kaiser Permanente

People needed

215

Starts

2005-01-01

Expected to finish

2009-12-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-04-06

Who can join

Age: 13 and older, up to 15. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Body mass index 90th percentile or greater
• One or both parent(s) willing to participate in study assessments and parent sessions

You may not qualify if…

• Body mass index 99th percentile or greater
• Significant cognitive impairment
• Current pregnancy
• Congenital heart disease that limits activity
• Serious asthma requiring oral prednisone
• Taking medications that increase appetite

Where it is running

• Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research — Portland, Oregon, United States

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