CHOICES: Family Physicians Treat Overweight Children

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Conditions studied: Obesity, Overweight

In brief

CHOICES is a program to provide children and families with lifetime tools and lifestyle strategies to achieve and maintain a healthy body size. Both parents and children get active, learn about the food choices they can make, and about the roles of TV in their lives. Led by physicians and young adults, the 12 weekly 90 minute sessions provide hands on experiences that connect into the participants' daily lives. In the study, the families were divided into two groups, beginning their classes 6 months apart. Body measurements were taken at baseline and every 4 months to 16 months.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01674920

Run by

University of Arizona

People needed

35

Starts

2006-01-01

Expected to finish

2008-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-08-29

Who can join

Age: 8 and older, up to 11. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Children in the 3rd to 5th grades and above the 85th percentile of BMI for age.

You may not qualify if…

• Conditions that would preclude dietary change or physical activity.

Where it is running

• University of Arizona — Tucson, Arizona, United States

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