Predictors of Success in an Intervention Program for the Treatment of Childhood Obesity

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Childhood Obesity
• Interventions: Other: Intervention program for obese children

• Registration Number: NCT01578863
• Lead Sponsor: Meir Medical Center

Brief Summary

The child health and sports center, at the Meir Medical Center, runs for over 10 years an intervention program to treat obese children. The program includes physical activity, nutritional intervention and behavioral treatment. A similar program exists in the nearby city of Hadera. The aim of the programs is to promote weight loss, encourage physical activity and modify behavior in order to get long term results. The aim of the present study is to try and identify the demographic and behavioral characteristics of children who succeed in the program.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2012-03-15
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-04-16
• Study First Posted: 2012-04-17
• Study Start: 2012-06
• Status Verified: 2014-05
• Primary Completion: 2015-04
• Study Completion: 2015-04
• Last Update Submitted: 2015-04-13
• Last Update Posted: 2015-04-14

Recruitment & Eligibility

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

Inclusion Criteria

• Obese / overweight children

Exclusion Criteria

• Children that has an organic illness that cause obesity

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Intervention program	Intervention program for obese children	6 months intervention program to lose weight in obese children. Behavioral, emotional, physical, familial and demographic questioners will be fulfilled at the beginning and at the end of the program.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Characteristics of the children who succeed in the program	6 Months	We will use behavioral, emotional, physical, familial and demographic questionnaires to characterize the children taking part in the programs.; The questionnaires: self-efficacy, motivation, depression, parenting style, demographic, environmental.Anthropometric and fitness measurements are performed on a monthly basis .

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Meir Medical Center; 🇮🇱 Kfar-Saba, Israel