Parent Perceptions of Weight Status: Impact of a Pilot Intervention

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Obesity

In brief

This pilot study is a randomized controlled trial with an embedded cross sectional study exploring parental perceptions of their weight status and how it affects their perceptions of their child's weight status. This study uses an educational intervention in which parents are informed of their actual weight status and how it affects their child's health. We will study the effect of this intervention on the parent's perceptions of and level of concern for their own and their child's weight status.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00867373

Run by

University of Colorado, Denver

People needed

222

Starts

2007-05-01

Expected to finish

2008-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2013-04-26

Who can join

Age: 3 and older, up to 13. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Boys and girls ages 3 to 13 years old presenting with at least one biological parent for a routine health maintenance exam (WCC) at the Child Health Continuity Clinic will be eligible. Parents must be able and willing to have their height and weight measured at the clinic

You may not qualify if…

• Child has previously been referred to a nutritionist/dietician or specialized clinic/program for weight management
• Child is currently being treated for failure to thrive
• Child is on parenteral nutrition
• Child is on chronic systemic steroid therapy
• Child is non-mobile/wheelchair bound
• The family has previously enrolled into the study with a prior sibling
• Family is unable to be contacted at home
• Presenting parent cannot speak and read English or Spanish at at least a 5th grade level

Where it is running

• The Children's Hospital — Aurora, Colorado, United States

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