Primary Care Clinical Practice Elements and Improving Overweight Children's Weight Status

Completed

Conditions studied: Overweight, Childhood Obesity

In brief

The purpose of this study is to identify whether specific clinical practices-including attention to body-mass-index (BMI) screening/overweight/obesity, medical risk (from conditions associated with overweight/obesity such as high blood pressure), and following up to reassess progress-will improve the weight status of overweight school-age children.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02278705

Run by

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center

People needed

7192

Starts

2009-01-01

Expected to finish

2015-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-05-19

Who can join

Age: 6 and older, up to 12. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 6-12 year-old children with ≥2 visits
• valid height and weight data at each visit
• BMI ≥85th percentile at the first visit

You may not qualify if…

• children <6 and >12 years old
• no valid height and weight data at two visits
• BMI <85th percentile at all 6-12 year-old well child visits

Where it is running

• University of Texas Southwestern and Children's Medical Center — Dallas, Texas, United States

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