Reducing Barriers to Behavior Change Among Youth With Pediatric Overweight and Obesity

Stopped early · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Pediatric Obesity, Pediatric Overweight

In brief

The purpose of the study is to examine the extent to which two different reward systems implemented in the context of a multi-family pediatric weight management group differentially promote adoption of healthy eating and activity habits among overweight and obese 8-17 year old youth. Participants will be randomly assigned to one of two reward conditions: rewards for attendance only or rewards for attendance and goal attainment. We hypothesize that all participants will demonstrate significant increases in healthy nutritional choices and physical activity and significant reductions in sedentary activity from pre-intervention to post intervention. We expect that participants in attendance plus goal attainment reward condition will demonstrate significantly greater improvements than participants in the attendance only condition.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT00863083
Run by: Medical College of Wisconsin
People needed: 12
Starts: 2009-02-01
Expected to finish: 2009-07-01
Last updated by the study team: 2010-06-22

Who can join

Age: 8 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

patient age 8-17 years
patient with public insurance managed by Children's Community Health Network
English speaking patient and parent
patient body mass index at or above the 85th percentile for age and sex
parent or legal guardian willing to participate

You may not qualify if…

significant patient developmental or cognitive delay
concurrent involvement in another formal weight management program.

Where it is running

Medical College of Wisconsin/Children's Hosptial of Wisconsin — Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States

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