Movement Therapy and Childhood Obesity

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The Child health and Sports Center, Meir Medical Center, has an intervention program to treat obese children. The program includes physical activity, nutritional intervention and behavioral treatment.The emphasis given in the center to physical activity and sport enables a strong connection with movement therapy. Movement therapy allows obese children to face and cope with the psychological and emotional aspects of obesity. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the contribution of the movement therapy intervention to our program.

Detailed Description
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Movement therapy is part of the multidisciplinary intervention. Weekly one hour long sessions are conducted under the guidance of a certified therapists. The meeting includes physical movement aimed to address the emotional world of the obese child. Using games, structured exercises and verbal processing. At the start and end of the evaluation the children will answer questionnaires to study: Behavioral questionnaires:emotional state: anxiety, depression, communication, self-esteem, quality of life and self-efficacy. Demographic questions . At the beginning and the end of the program a certified movement therapist will observe the children to estimate the change of emotional movement.weight, height and BMI are measured regularly in the center.

Official Title
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The Effect of Movement Therapy on the Success in a Multidisciplinary Intervention for the Treatment of Childhood Obesity

Conditions
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Obesity

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: movement therapy
* Other: exercise plus nutrition


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Overweight/obese children Exclusion Criteria: Child that do not want to take part in this study

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 6 Years
Maximum Age: 18 Years

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Accepts Healthy Volunteers
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Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Design Details

Primary Purpose: Treatment
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Active Comparator: intervention plus therapy<br> | Behavioral: movement therapy<br>* exercise, nutrition, movement therapy<br>|
| Active Comparator: intervention no therapy<br>exercise and nutrition | Other: exercise plus nutrition<br>* exercise, nutrition<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Emotional/behavioral changes | Change from Baseline in emotional and behavioral questioners at 3 months. The questioners: depression, anxiety, self-efficacy, self-esteem, attachment and quality of life. | 3 MONTHS | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| weight, height and BMI |  | 3 MONTHS | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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obesity, movement therapy, exercise, behaviour