Family-based Outcome Results

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Many obesity related risk factors are strikingly apparent in minority populations. Mexican-American children have the highest rates of overweight. The goals of this study are to: 1) test the acceptability of a 14-week family-based intervention with 3-5 year old children and their parents; 2) Estimate the effectiveness of a 14-week family-based intervention designed to show smaller changes, on average, in BMI appropriate for growth; 3) estimate the effectiveness of a 14-week family-based intervention designed to produce changes in television viewing, physical activity, fat, fiber, and fruit and vegetable intake in 3-5 year old Latino children and their parents at post-intervention and Year 1 follow-up.

Official Title
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Famil-based Obesity Prevention Trial in Latino Families

Conditions
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Obesity

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: behavioral intervention
* Behavioral: Obesity prevention intervention trial


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: have received an annual physical parent or guardian willing to give consent parent or guardian willing to provide demographic and anthropometric data and agree to complete food intake and physical activity information for their child Exclusion Criteria: requires a specialized diet outside of that served by the Chicago Public Schools has a chronic physical or behavioral disorder that requyires participant to be under close emdical psychologicagl supervision and routinely absent from the study

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 3 Years
Maximum Age: 5 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: Prevention
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: None (Open Label)


Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| Experimental: obesity prevention<br>Families were randomized to an obesity prevention intervention arm or a general health control arm. | Behavioral: Obesity prevention intervention trial<br>* Families were randomized to a 14-week obesity prevention intervention or a 14-week general health intervention<br>|
| Experimental: behavioral intervention<br>there are two arms in this study. An active intervention arm and a control arm | Behavioral: behavioral intervention<br>* Families were randomized to a 14-week family based obesity prevention intervention or a 14-week general health intervention<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Body mass index | we measured the change in BMI of the children at baseline and post-intervention | 1 year | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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childhood obesity, minorities, diet, physical activity, parents