Parents as the Agent of Change for Childhood Obesity

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Obesity

In brief

The overall intent of this study is to explore a promising mode for delivering treatment for childhood obesity via parent education only, and to evaluate the cost effectiveness compared to the current gold standard treatment of parent-and-child dual education.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01197443

Run by

University of California, San Diego

People needed

152

Starts

2010-11-01

Expected to finish

2015-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-12-02

Who can join

Age: 8 and older, up to 12. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Overweight child 8-12 years of age and above the 95th% for age and gender
• An overweight (BMI > 25) parent willing to participate and attend all treatment meetings
• Eligible parent who can read at a minimum of an 8th grade level
• Family willing to commit to 5 months of treatment attendance, and follow-up for 18 months post-treatment.

You may not qualify if…

• Major child psychiatric disorder diagnoses
• Child diagnoses of a serious current physical disease (such as diabetes) for which physician supervision of diet and exercise prescription are needed (self-report)
• Family with restrictions on types of food, such as food allergies, religious, or ethnic practices that limit the foods available in the home
• Child with physical difficulties that limit the ability to exercise
• Child with an active eating disorder (based on EDE interview)
• Families where children or parents are involved in swimming or weight training more than 5 hours per week
• Major parent psychiatric disorder

Where it is running

• UCSD Center for Healthy Eating and Activity Research (CHEAR) — La Jolla, California, United States

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