Skills Training Within a Family-based Obesity Treatment Intervention

NCT03271801 | Terminated

• 1 other identifier: 906996-1
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 2
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

This study is investigating the impact of a skills training program in stimulus control of meals and snacks on zBMI. Participants will be randomized to a standard family-based obesity treatment intervention with education on child health or a standard family-based obesity treatment intervention with experiential learning about meal stimulus control strategies.

Conditions

Obesity, Childhood

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• z-BMI

  Height and weight will be used to calculate BMI (kg/m2) and BMI will be standardized in relation to the population mean and standard deviation for the child's age to sex to determine zBMI.

  3-months

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Energy intake

  3-months

• Percent Energy from Fat

  3-months

• Food groups servings

  3-months

• Physical Activity

  3-months

Study Arms (2)

Child Health Education

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

The child health education condition will participate in a family-based obesity treatment program for the first 40 minutes of each session, followed by 20 minutes designated to education about a child health topic. Parents and children will be asked to self-monitor sugar-sweetened beverages, fruits, vegetables, and minutes of physical activity and screen time.

Behavioral: child health education

Skills Training

EXPERIMENTAL

The skills training condition will participate in a family-based obesity treatment program for the first 40 minutes of each session followed by 20 minutes of experiential learning about meal stimulus control strategies. Parents and children will be asked to self-monitor sugar-sweetened beverages, fruits, vegetables, and minutes of physical activity and screen time. In addition they will self-monitor the use the following stimulus control strategies: portion control, energy density and variety.

Behavioral: skills training

Interventions

child health education BEHAVIORAL

10, 60-minute sessions with a family-based obesity treatment program implemented for the first 40-minutes of each session followed by 20 minutes of education about a child health topic.

Child Health Education

skills training BEHAVIORAL

10, 60-minute sessions with a family-based obesity treatment program implemented for the first 40-minutes of each session followed by 20 minutes of experiential learning about stimulus control strategies (portion size, energy density, variety).

Skills Training

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 4 Years - 8 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• caregiver of child is ≥18 years of age;
• the caregiver has a child between the ages of 4 and 8 years-old who is classified as overweight (body mass index for age ≥ 85th percentile);
• the caregiver and child are able to read, speak and understand English due to delivery of the program in English;
• has transportation to the University of Delaware; and
• is willing and able to commit to the 3-month study.

You may not qualify if:

• the child has a medical condition impacting physical activity or eating (e.g. Type
• or Type 2 diabetes);
• the child have a medical condition that affects growth (e.g. Prader Willi Syndrome);
• the child is currently participating in a weight management program, and/or taking weight loss medication; or
• the caregiver or child has an inability to participate in regular physical activity.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Delaware: lead

Study Sites (1)

University of Delaware

Newark, Delaware, 19716, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Pediatric Obesity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Officials

• Shannon Robson, PhD, MPH, RD

  University of Delaware

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: TREATMENT
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Assistant Professor

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: March 29, 2017
• First Posted: September 5, 2017
• Study Start: June 1, 2016
• Primary Completion: February 28, 2019
• Study Completion: February 28, 2019
• Last Updated: March 26, 2019

Record last verified: 2019-03

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

US (1)