Parent Partnership Project

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Childhood Obesity

In brief

To evaluate the acceptability and feasibility of peers as interventionists in delivering family-based behavioral pediatric weight control intervention.

Key facts

Study ID: NCT01789944
Run by: Seattle Children's Hospital
People needed: 34
Starts: 2013-01-01
Expected to finish: 2014-08-01
Last updated by the study team: 2015-05-20

Who can join

Age: 7 and older, up to 11. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

Child age: 7-11 years at time of enrollment
Overweight child: at or above 85th percentile for age- and gender-specific BMI.
At least one overweight parent (BMI≥ 25.0).
Parent is willing and able to actively participate in treatment including willingness to serve as a peer interventionist following treatment.
Must live within 50 miles of the treatment center.

You may not qualify if…

Current enrollment in another weight control program for the participating child or parent.
The participating parent is pregnant.
Thought disorder, suicidality, or substance abuse disorder in either the participating parent or the participating child.
Inability of the child to comprehend English at a 1st-grade level or participating parent to comprehend English at an 8th-grade level.
Physical disability or illness in either the participating parent or the child that precludes moderate intensity physical activity.
Medication regimen for the child that affects his or her weight.
Conditions known to promote obesity in the participating child (e.g. Prader-Willi).
Diagnosed eating disorder (i.e., anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder) in either parent (participating and nonparticipating) and/or the participating child.

Where it is running

Seattle Children's — Seattle, Washington, United States

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