The Role of Parents in Adolescent Weight Loss

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Conditions studied: Adolescent Obesity

In brief

The purpose of the study is to determine whether a novel model of including parents in adolescent weight control results in greater decrease in adolescent z-BMI compared to an intervention with minimal parent involvement.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01139411

Run by

The Miriam Hospital

People needed

49

Starts

2009-08-01

Expected to finish

2012-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2016-09-30

Who can join

Age: 13 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Between 30 and 90% overweight
• Parent or guardian willing to participate

You may not qualify if…

• Major psychiatric disorder

Where it is running

• The Miriam Hospital — Providence, Rhode Island, United States

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