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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12609000134224
ACTRN12609000134224
Completed
Not Applicable

Effect of a Community-Based After School Program on Preventing Unhealthy Weight Gain among Overweight and Obese Adolescents.

niversity of Wollongong0 sites40 target enrollmentFebruary 27, 2009

Overview

Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention
Not specified
Conditions
Not specified
Sponsor
niversity of Wollongong
Enrollment
40
Status
Completed
Last Updated
6 years ago

Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Registry
who.int
Start Date
February 27, 2009
End Date
TBD
Last Updated
6 years ago
Study Type
Interventional
Sex
All

Investigators

Sponsor
niversity of Wollongong

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1\. The adolescent will need to be overweight or obese as defined by Body Mass Index BMI according to International Obesity Task Force cut\-off points for age and gender.
  • 2\. At least one parent would need to attend all required dietary sessions (5 in total, which run from 4\-5:30pm in the given weeks), and only one adolescent from each family can enrol.
  • 3\. The adolescent needs to be between 12 and 16 years of age (they can be turning 12 before March 2009\).

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1\. Adolescents with extreme obesity (Body Mass Index Standard Deviation score greater than 4 BMI SD score \> 4\.0\) will not be eligible.
  • 2\. No known syndromal causes of obesity, long term oral steroids, medications known to be associated with weight gain, chronic illness, or significant dietary restriction.

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Not specified

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