FITLINE: Pediatric Practice-based Obesity Intervention to Support Families

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Obesity, Childhood

In brief

The goal of this study is to investigate whether eight weekly telephone coaching sessions or materials on lifestyle interventions can be beneficial for overweight and obese 8-12 year olds.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03143660

Run by

University of Massachusetts, Worcester

People needed

501

Starts

2017-10-11

Expected to finish

2022-01-28

Last updated by the study team

2022-01-31

Who can join

Age: 8 and older, up to 12. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• child BMI >= 85th percentile for age/sex,
• participating parent and child English speaking,
• parent has access to a telephone and is available to participate in telephone counseling sessions, and
• referred by the child's primary care provider.

You may not qualify if…

• planning to move out of the area during the period of study participation,
• medical condition that precludes adherence to AAP dietary and physical activity recommendations,
• genetic or endocrine causes of obesity,
• prescribed medications associated with weight gain,
• child on psychiatric medications, and/or
• morbidly obese (> 300 pounds). -

Where it is running

• University of Massachusetts, Worcester — Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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