The effect of a cognitive bias modification training for children in a residential obesity treatment program
Completed
- Conditions
- Childhood obesity, more specifically the maintenance of weight loss after therapy.Nutritional, Metabolic, EndocrineObesity
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN43352572
- Lead Sponsor
- Agency for Innovation by Science and Technology (IWT) of Flanders
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 44
Inclusion Criteria
1. Primary obesity (minimum 60% overweight at intake for obesity treatment in the clinic)
2. Aged between 10 and 15 years
3. IQ within the normal range as measured with the Raven Progressive Matrices (RPM; Raven, 1938)
Exclusion Criteria
1. IQ outside the normal range as measured with the Raven Progressive Matrices (RPM; Raven, 1938)
2. Presence of pervasive developmental disorders
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Weight loss maintenance at 3 months follow up. The Body Mass Index (BMI) (weight/height²) is determined for each child entering the clinic (admission), one week before the start of the intervention (pre-training), one week after the start of the intervention (post-training), and 12 weeks follow up.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Changes in action tendencies, measured using an Approach Avoidance Task (AAT) measured one week before the start of the intervention (pre-) and one week after the start of the intervention (post-)<br>2. Changes in attentional bias, measured using a Visual Probe Task (VPT) at pre- and post intervention<br>3. Changes in children's implicit pleasant and unpleasant associations of unhealthy food, measured using a single category implicit association task (SC-IAT) at pre- and post intervention<br>4. Changes in craving, measured using self-report questionnaires (G-FCQ-S and G-FCQ-T) at pre- and post intervention