Guided Self-help for Families With an Overweight Child

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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The purpose of this study is to evaluate whether a home based program can teach parents and moderately overweight kids who are of 8-12 years old with a BMI% between 85-97%, how to manage their child's weight. The study uses manuals and involves a short visit to the clinic every other week.

Detailed Description
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An estimated 4-5 million children between the ages of 6-17 in the United States are obese. Children who are obese are at an increased risk for many negative health consequences in childhood and in adulthood. In addition, these children are at an increased risk for psychosocial consequences in childhood and adolescence, including poor self-esteem, teasing, verbal abuse and social isolation. Guided self-help offers an opportunity to provide empirically based programs to a larger amount of the target population. Once such treatment methods are available, it is possible that the guided self-help treatment for childhood obesity can be disseminated to primary care practitioners, psychologists, nurses, and health educators. Ultimately, the goal of this application is to develop a treatment protocol that can be used by clinics and lay health professionals to intervene with children who are overweight and their parents.

Official Title
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Guided Self-help Treatment for Families With an Overweight Child

Conditions
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Obesity

Intervention / Treatment
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* Other: Immediate Treatment Group
* Other: Delayed Treatment Group


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: child between the ages of 8 & 12 an moderately overweight child with a BMI% between 85-97% child has a parent willing to participate child has a parent who can read English at a minimum of a 6th grade level family who is willing to commit to treatment attendance and attendance at all assessments. Exclusion Criteria: Child psychiatric disorder diagnoses (based on parent report) Child diagnoses of a serious current physical disease (such as diabetes) Child who is taking medications that may impact their weight Child with physical difficulties that limit the ability to exercise Child with an active eating disorder Child and parent will be moving out of the San Diego County before study completion Child and/or parent has a modified diet due to religious or socially conscious reasons (such as Vegan, vegetarian)

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 8 Years
Maximum Age: 12 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: Immediate treatment group<br>The immediate treatment group begins the 5-month treatment immediately after baseline assessment. | Other: Immediate Treatment Group<br>* The immediate treatment group starts the 5-month treatment right after baseline assessment.<br>|
| Other: Delayed Treatment Group<br>The delayed treatment group serves as the control group. This group starts treatment 5 months after the baseline assessment. No intervention is involved during this 5-month waiting period. After 5 months, the delayed group is assessed for the second time and then begins the 5-month treatment. | Other: Delayed Treatment Group<br>* The delayed treatment group does not start treatment immediately after the baseline assessment. This group serves as the control group, by not receiving any treatment for 5 months. After the 5 months, the delayed group participants are asked to come in for a second assessment that involves completion of surveys and measurement of height, weight, and physical activity level. After this assessment is completed, the delayed group participants can begin the 5-month treatment.<br>* Other names: Delayed Treatment Group (Control);|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Child BMI |  | 5 months | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Parent BMI |  | 5 months | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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obesity, guided self help treatment, treatment method, overweight, overweight children and parents, families with overweight child, efficacy, body mass index, weight