Enhancing BodyWorks: A Canine Health Literacy Module

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Conditions studied: Overweight and Obesity, Overweight Adolescents

In brief

Dog ownership can serve as a vehicle for large-scale multi-level public health interventions, especially for pediatric overweight and obesity, due to dogs' unique place in children and adolescents' social networks.This study develops and tests a novel approach to design a Canine Health-Literacy module to enhance a Comprehensive Family Lifestyle Intervention BodyWorks, for dog-owning adolescents who have been diagnosed with overweight or obesity, and their parents. The results are anticipated to make an important step towards addressing the overweight and obesity epidemic among both people and companion dogs in the U.S.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04516252

Run by

Children's Hospital Los Angeles

People needed

202

Starts

2021-02-27

Expected to finish

2025-01-13

Last updated by the study team

2026-07-01

Who can join

Age: 9 and older, up to 17. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Overweight/obese youth ages 9-17 years and their caregivers
• Own dog

You may not qualify if…

• Normal BMI
• Do not own dog

Where it is running

• AltaMed@CHLA — Los Angeles, California, United States

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