Can a Physical Activity Skill Development and Parent-Centered Dietary Intervention Help Combat Child Obesity?

NCT00107692 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: NHMRC Project Grant 354101
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 216
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 2

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study, and its original contribution to research, is to determine the impact of a physical activity skill development and parent centered family weight management program on the weight, cardiovascular health, physical activity, dietary intake and sedentary behaviors of overweight and obese children.

Conditions

Obesity

Keywords

Child Obesity; Physical activity; community intervention study; competence; diet and nutrition; Nutrition

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (3)

• To evaluate and compare in overweight children the effectiveness of the following interventions: a parent-centered dietary modification program

• a physical activity skill development program

• and a parent-centered dietary modification + physical activity skill development program.

Interventions

Physical activity and diet BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 66 Months - 9 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Overweight and obese children with the Wollongong and Newcastle regions, aged between 5.5 and 9
• BMI within specified range
• Otherwise healthy children
• Not on any medications that may influence obesity
• One parent able to attend all required sessions
• Pre-pubertal
• No sibling enrolled

You may not qualify if:

• Children with BMI outside the specified range
• Children on medication that may influence obesity
• Children that have conditions that may influence obesity

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Wollongong: lead
• Newcastle University: collaborator
• University of Sydney: collaborator
• Illawarra Area Health Services: collaborator

Study Sites (2)

University of Newcastle

Newcastle, New South Wales, 2308, Australia

Location

Child Obesity Research Centre, University of Wollongong

Wollongong, New South Wales, 2522, Australia

Location

Related Publications (8)

• Burrows T, Janet WM, Collins CE. Long-term changes in food consumption trends in overweight children in the HIKCUPS intervention. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2011 Nov;53(5):543-7. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e3182274829.

  PMID: 21670711 DERIVED

• Collins CE, Okely AD, Morgan PJ, Jones RA, Burrows TL, Cliff DP, Colyvas K, Warren JM, Steele JR, Baur LA. Parent diet modification, child activity, or both in obese children: an RCT. Pediatrics. 2011 Apr;127(4):619-27. doi: 10.1542/peds.2010-1518. Epub 2011 Mar 28.

  PMID: 21444600 DERIVED

• Burrows T, Collins CE, Garg ML. Omega-3 index, obesity and insulin resistance in children. Int J Pediatr Obes. 2011 Jun;6(2-2):e532-9. doi: 10.3109/17477166.2010.549489. Epub 2011 Jan 12.

  PMID: 21226540 DERIVED

• Cliff DP, Okely AD, Morgan PJ, Steele JR, Jones RA, Colyvas K, Baur LA. Movement skills and physical activity in obese children: randomized controlled trial. Med Sci Sports Exerc. 2011 Jan;43(1):90-100. doi: 10.1249/MSS.0b013e3181e741e8.

  PMID: 20473216 DERIVED

• Okely AD, Collins CE, Morgan PJ, Jones RA, Warren JM, Cliff DP, Burrows TL, Colyvas K, Steele JR, Baur LA. Multi-site randomized controlled trial of a child-centered physical activity program, a parent-centered dietary-modification program, or both in overweight children: the HIKCUPS study. J Pediatr. 2010 Sep;157(3):388-94, 394.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds.2010.03.028. Epub 2010 May 6.

  PMID: 20447648 DERIVED

• Burrows T, Warren JM, Collins CE. The impact of a child obesity treatment intervention on parent child-feeding practices. Int J Pediatr Obes. 2010;5(1):43-50. doi: 10.3109/17477160902957158.

  PMID: 19437180 DERIVED

• Jones RA, Warren JM, Okely AD, Collins CE, Morgan PJ, Cliff DP, Burrows T, Cleary J, Baur LA. Process evaluation of the Hunter Illawarra Kids Challenge Using Parent Support study: a multisite randomized controlled trial for the management of child obesity. Health Promot Pract. 2010 Nov;11(6):917-27. doi: 10.1177/1524839908328994. Epub 2009 Jan 21.

  PMID: 19158237 DERIVED

• Burrows TL, Warren JM, Colyvas K, Garg ML, Collins CE. Validation of overweight children's fruit and vegetable intake using plasma carotenoids. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2009 Jan;17(1):162-8. doi: 10.1038/oby.2008.495. Epub 2008 Nov 6.

  PMID: 18997681 DERIVED

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Obesity; Pediatric Obesity; Motor Activity

Interventions

Exercise; Diet

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Overweight; Overnutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Body Weight; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Behavior

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena; Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Diet, Food, and Nutrition; Physiological Phenomena

Study Officials

• Tony D Okely, PhD, BEd

  University of Wollongong

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: April 6, 2005
• First Posted: April 7, 2005
• Study Start: March 1, 2005
• Study Completion: October 1, 2007
• Last Updated: September 13, 2006

Record last verified: 2006-09

Locations

AU (2)