Barriers to Effective Weight Loss in Overweight Adolescents
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Overweight
In brief
The current study aims to investigate the impact of a comprehensive, team-based, family-centered, lifestyle modification program on body weight, metabolic abnormalities, fitness measures, and self-esteem in overweight adolescents beginning the study at ages 11-18 years. The intensive program will uniquely include a "team" structure and a component designed to address the role of parental modeling in effective lifestyle changes. By comparing the demographic, psychosocial, and metabolic characteristics of adolescents according to the degree of weight loss, the study will also more fully characterize the barriers that prevent successful participation in an intensive lifestyle modification program.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00562263
- Run by
- Virginia Commonwealth University
- People needed
- 257
- Starts
- 2007-10-01
- Expected to finish
- 2013-11-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2014-03-31
Who can join
Age: 11 and older, up to 18. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Age between 11 and 18
- BMI at or above the 85th percentile for age and sex
- At least one adult in the household who is committed to come to the program meetings
You may not qualify if…
- Previous enrollment in VCU IRB 3354
- Underlying genetic, neurologic, endocrine, or metabolic conditions that preclude weight loss with conventional diet and exercise programs
- Weight greater than 400 pounds
- Pregnancy in female adolescent subjects
- Inability to understand program instructions due to language barrier or a mental disability
- Primary residence outside a 30 mile radius program facility.
- Primary participating parent, if female, cannot be pregnant during the period corresponding to the parents intervention.
Where it is running
- Virginia Commonwealth University — Richmond, Virginia, United States
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