Weight Management for Adolescents With IDD

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Developmental Disabilities, Weight Loss, Body Weight, Down Syndrome, Body Weight Changes, Intellectual Disability

In brief

The goal of this study is to explore the impact of two different diets (conventional vs. enhanced stop light) and two different delivery systems (face-to-face vs. remote) on weight across 18 months in overweight and obese adolescents with intellectual and developmental disabilities.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02561754

Run by

University of Kansas Medical Center

People needed

110

Starts

2015-03-01

Expected to finish

2021-05-05

Last updated by the study team

2023-02-10

Who can join

Age: 13 and older, up to 21. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Age 13-21 yrs
• Mild (IQ of 74-50) or moderate (IQ 40-49) IDD,
• Of sufficient functional ability to understand directions, communicate preferences (e.g. foods), wants (e.g. more to eat/drink), and needs (e.g. assistance with food preparation) through spoken language.
• Overweight or obese (BMI ≥ 85th%ile on CDC growth charts, or waist circumference to height ratio > 0.5
• Living at home with a parent or guardian.
• Internet access in the home.
• No plans to relocate outside the study area over the next 18 mos
• Physician consent for PA and diet.

You may not qualify if…

• Insulin dependent diabetes
• Participation in a weight management program involving diet and PA in the past 6 mos
• Eating disorders, serious food allergies, consuming special diets, aversion to common foods,
• Diagnosis of Prader-Willi Syndrome
• Currently pregnant, planning on/becoming pregnant during the study.
• Unable to participate in moderate to vigorous PA.

Where it is running

• University of Kansas Medical Center — Kansas City, Kansas, United States
• Energy Balance Lab, The University of Kansas — Lawrence, Kansas, United States

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