Educational Intervention on Weight Management in Chinese-American Children

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Overweight

In brief

A randomized study is proposed to determine effects of 8 weeks of an interactive multimedia educational program compared to waiting list control group on improving health and weight status in Chinese-American children, ages 8 and 10, over a 6 months period. A total of 60 Chinese-American children and their families will be randomized to either the intervention group or waiting list control group. The intervention is based on Social Cognitive Theory and principles of Chinese culture and practices. The intervention program includes a one-hour small-group session for eight weeks for children and two 2-hour small-group sessions for parents. Baseline data will be collected before assigning the children to the intervention or control group. Follow-up data will be collected immediately after the intervention and 3 months and 6-months post intervention. A repeated measures (longitudinal) design employing a linear mixed models approach will be used for analysis.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00522964

Run by

University of California, San Francisco

People needed

80

Starts

2006-05-01

Expected to finish

2009-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2009-08-18

Who can join

Age: 8 and older, up to 10. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Eight and ten-year-old Chinese-American children and their parents will be eligible for enrollment if they meet the following criteria:
• Children must be overweight (BMI is between 85th% tile and 94th% tile) or obese (BMI is greater than 95th% tile) based on CDC growth chart
• The adult and child self-identify ethnicity to be Chinese or of Chinese origin and they must reside in the same household to be eligible. A dyad of one adult and one child is the minimum necessary for a household to participate. Two adults per child will be encouraged to participate.
• The child is able to speak and read English.
• The child is in good health, defined as free of an acute or life-threatening disease and able to attend to activities of daily living such as going to school.
• Parents are able to speak English, Mandarin, or Cantonese, and are able to read in English or Chinese and to complete questionnaires.

You may not qualify if…

• Children with chronic health problems that include any dietary modifications or activity limitations will be excluded (e.g., diabetes, exercise-induced asthma).

Where it is running

• UCSF — San Francisco, California, United States

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