Primary Care Obesity Prevention and Treatment

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Obesity
• Interventions: Behavioral: Healthy eating and physical activity; Behavioral: Safety and injury prevention

• Registration Number: NCT00944164
• Lead Sponsor: University of Washington

Brief Summary

The overall objective of this pilot is to demonstrate the feasibility of a low-cost intervention targeting obesity prevention among children in a primary care setting.

Specifically, the investigators aim to answer the following questions:

Can the investigators recruit and retain patients using the methods proposed, and how easy or difficult will this process be?

Can physicians deliver the proposed intervention messages in the time the investigators have proposed?

Can the phone counselor reach participants and accomplish the goals outlined for these calls?

Can the investigators obtain the data proposed and within the proposed time frame?

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-09
• Primary Completion: 2008-08
• Study Completion: 2008-08
• Status Verified: 2009-07
• Study First Submitted: 2009-07-09
• Study First Submitted QC: 2009-07-21
• Last Update Submitted: 2009-07-21
• Study First Posted: 2009-07-23
• Last Update Posted: 2009-07-23

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 176

Inclusion Criteria

• child BMI ≥ 70th percentile for age and sex according to CDC Growth Tables
• child scheduled for an upcoming well child visit

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Exclusion Criteria

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Healthy eating/physical activity	Healthy eating and physical activity	-
Safety/Injury prevention	Safety and injury prevention	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Feasibility of recruiting and retaining families	Enrollment to 3-month followup

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Child weight (BMI)	Baseline and 3-months post
Parental perceptions of child weight	Baseline and 3-months post intervention
Satisfaction with intervention	3-months post intervention

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

Health Partners Research Foundation; 🇺🇸 Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

University of Washington; 🇺🇸 Seattle, Washington, United States