Primary Care Obesity Prevention and Treatment

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Obesity

In brief

The overall objective of this pilot is to demonstrate the feasibility of a low-cost intervention targeting obesity prevention among children in a primary care setting. Specifically, the investigators aim to answer the following questions: Can the investigators recruit and retain patients using the methods proposed, and how easy or difficult will this process be? Can physicians deliver the proposed intervention messages in the time the investigators have proposed? Can the phone counselor reach participants and accomplish the goals outlined for these calls? Can the investigators obtain the data proposed and within the proposed time frame?

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00944164

Run by

University of Washington

People needed

176

Starts

2006-09-01

Expected to finish

2008-08-01

Last updated by the study team

2009-07-23

Who can join

Age: 5 and older, up to 9. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• child BMI ≥ 70th percentile for age and sex according to CDC Growth Tables
• child scheduled for an upcoming well child visit

Where it is running

• Health Partners Research Foundation — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
• University of Washington — Seattle, Washington, United States

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