Community-based weight management of overweight and obese adolescents: a randomised controlled trial

Completed

• Conditions: Obesity; Diet and Nutrition - Obesity

• Registration Number: ACTRN12606000175572
• Lead Sponsor: The Children's Hospital at Westmead

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2006-05-15
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 168

Inclusion Criteria

Overweight or obese by body mass index (ie BMI z score range 1.0 – 3.5); access to a landline telephone and either the internet or a mobile phone, or both; facility with English.

Exclusion Criteria

Severely obese adolescents (BMI z score > 3.5 ), adolescents with secondary causes for overweight/obesity, intellectual disability, significant medical illness, psychiatric disturbance, lack of facility with spoken English, extreme dietary restriction, inability to take part in physical activity sessions, on medications that affect weight.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified