Discordance of Obesity in Adolescent Sibilngs

Completed

Conditions studied: Obesity

In brief

This research studies the energy balance behaviors (usual eating, physical activity, sedentary) and non-shared experiences of siblings discordant for weight (one sibling is lean the other is overweight).

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02376439

Run by

State University of New York at Buffalo

People needed

176

Starts

2010-04-01

Expected to finish

2014-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2020-10-05

Who can join

Age: 13 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• between 13-17 years old
• Have discordant same gender sibling (one is below 70th percentile, one is above 85th percentile
• Speak/read English
• Moderate or greater liking of study foods

You may not qualify if…

• No current diagnosis of a psychiatric or eating disorder.
• No dieting, dietary restrictions, or allergies that would interfere with study participation.
• No medications or conditions that could influence taste or appetite.
• No health concern or physical disability that would limit participation in physical activity.
• No endocrine or central nervous system disorder that could produce overweight.
• No current use of tobacco or nicotine products by the adolescent siblings.

Where it is running

• University at Buffalo — Buffalo, New York, United States

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