A Trial To Study The Effects Of Group Versus Individual Dietary Counseling In Pediatric Obesity

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Conditions studied: Obesity

In brief

Aim 1 - The primary aim of the study is to assess whether group counseling is a non-inferior intervention compared to the usual care of individual counseling in the management of childhood obesity. In order to achieve this aim, the investigators will compare the mean change in BMI after 6 months of intervention in the two study arms. Aim 2 - The secondary aim of the study is to determine if the change in BMI is associated with changes in the dietary composition, physical activity and metabolic profile.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01840631

Run by

Albert Einstein College of Medicine

People needed

90

Starts

2013-04-01

Expected to finish

2018-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-10-12

Who can join

Age: 9 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Subjects 9-17 years of age with a BMI percentile for age of ≥95
• Subjects must be able to attend monthly sessions with a parent and/or guardian.

You may not qualify if…

• Subjects with diabetes at baseline, mental or psychological disease that would interfere with understanding, disease or medication causing obesity or weight loss, and participants in an alternative weight management program will not be included in the study.
• Subjects with impaired glucose tolerance will not be excluded from participation.
• Non-English speaking subjects will not be excluded.

Where it is running

• Albert Einstein College of Medicine West Campus CRC — The Bronx, New York, United States

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