Does Mindfulness Enhance BMI in Obese Adolescents Enrolled in the Bright Bodies Weight Management Program?

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Conditions studied: Pediatric Obesity

In brief

Participants will be randomized to an evidence-based healthy lifestyle program alone or a healthy lifestyle program with mindfulness meditation added. The purpose of the study will be to determine if mindfulness improves BMI outcomes more than the program alone due to the stress-reduction benefits of mindfulness.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03611660

Run by

Yale University

People needed

42

Starts

2018-01-11

Expected to finish

2021-03-30

Last updated by the study team

2021-06-11

Who can join

Age: 11 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• BMI >95th percentile for gender \& age
• English-speaking subject and parent/caregiver
• Parent/caregiver willing to participate in weight mgt program

You may not qualify if…

• BMI >40 <27
• Psychiatric disorder or medical condition that precludes participation in program
• Currently taking medication that causes weight gain or loss
• Involvement in co-existing weight management program
• A positive pregnancy test
• Plans on moving out of the Greater New Haven area within 9 months

Where it is running

• Yale Center for Clinical Investigation — New Haven, Connecticut, United States
• Yale University School of Medicine — New Haven, Connecticut, United States

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