CHOICES: Family Physicians Treat Overweight Children

NCT01674920 | Completed DMC

• 1 other identifier: 1R21HD050962
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 35
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

CHOICES is a program to provide children and families with lifetime tools and lifestyle strategies to achieve and maintain a healthy body size. Both parents and children get active, learn about the food choices they can make, and about the roles of TV in their lives. Led by physicians and young adults, the 12 weekly 90 minute sessions provide hands on experiences that connect into the participants' daily lives. In the study, the families were divided into two groups, beginning their classes 6 months apart. Body measurements were taken at baseline and every 4 months to 16 months.

Conditions

Obesity; Overweight

Keywords

Pediatric obesity; resiliency; physical activity; dietary patterns; children

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• body mass index age-and-gender specific Z-score

  body mass index is weight over height squared; z-score described the position of that BMI in relation to the reference population in terms of standard deviation units. It is used to control for growth effects in children.

  9 months post intervention baseline

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• weight for age-and-gender specific Z-score

  9 months post-intervention baseline

Study Arms (1)

Choices

EXPERIMENTAL

The 3-month twelve-session intervention, "Choices", included topics on nutrition, physical activity, and resiliency. Parents, boys and girls met separately. The sessions were developed for delivery by a family physician, two family medicine residents, and a nutritionist, who received training in positive psychology and resilience skills. All children were measured on the same dates, but children were randomly assigned to two cohorts, beginning 6 months apart, to facilitate statistical analysis by having one group experience "normal growth" on study prior to intervention.

Behavioral: Choices

Interventions

Choices BEHAVIORAL

The 12-week intervention included 1.5 hour classes each week. Topics included nutrition, physical activity, and psychosocial skills based in Resiliency.

Also known as: Resiliency, Nutrition, Physical Activity

Choices

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 8 Years - 11 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• Children in the 3rd to 5th grades and above the 85th percentile of BMI for age.

You may not qualify if:

• Conditions that would preclude dietary change or physical activity.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Arizona: lead
• National Institutes of Health (NIH): collaborator
• Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University of Arizona

Tucson, Arizona, 85724, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Obesity; Overweight; Pediatric Obesity; Motor Activity

Interventions

Nutritional Status; Exercise

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Diet, Food, and Nutrition; Physiological Phenomena; Health Status; Demography; Population Characteristics; Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena

Study Officials

• Cheryl K Ritenbaugh, PhD, MPH

  University of Arizona

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: NA
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: SINGLE GROUP
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 18, 2008
• First Posted: August 29, 2012
• Study Start: January 1, 2006
• Primary Completion: June 1, 2007
• Study Completion: June 1, 2008
• Last Updated: August 29, 2012

Record last verified: 2012-08

Locations

US (1)