Childhood Obesity Treatment: A Maintenance Approach
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Childhood Overweight, Childhood Obesity
In brief
The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of dose and content of an enhanced weight maintenance treatment on children's ability to maintain weight loss following a standard weight loss treatment.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT00759746
- Run by
- Washington University School of Medicine
- People needed
- 482
- Starts
- 2009-10-01
- Expected to finish
- 2013-03-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2017-02-23
Who can join
Age: 7 and older, up to 11. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.
You may qualify if…
- Children will be between the ages of 7 and 11 and at or above the 85th percentile for weight.
- At least one parent of the participating child must be overweight (BMI ≥ 25).
- One parent must agree to attend all parent/child treatment meetings as the participating parent.
- Participants must be able to speak and comprehend English.
You may not qualify if…
- Participating parent or child having a thought disorder, suicidality, bipolar disorder, or drug or alcohol dependence.
- Participating parent or child having a physical disability or illness that prevents performance of physical activity at level equivalent to a brisk walk or that places severe restriction on diet.
- Participating parent or child being on a medication regimen that affects weight.
- Participating parent or child being involved in active psychiatric treatment for an ongoing problem that causes either social or occupational impairment.
- Parents (participating and nonparticipating) and children having an eating disorder (i.e., anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder) or having subclinical levels of eating disturbance (i.e., reporting key eating disorder behaviors of purging, fasting, or binge eating more than two times per month).
Where it is running
- Washington University School of Medicine — St Louis, Missouri, United States
- Seattle Children's Hospital Research Institute — Seattle, Washington, United States
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