An interventional study of child health education and skills training in Obesity, Childhood, sponsored by University of Delaware. Terminated at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 4 Years to 8 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2019-03-26.
Sponsored by University of Delaware · Not applicable, Interventional, and Treatment
This study is investigating the impact of a skills training program in stimulus control of meals and snacks on zBMI. Participants will be randomized to a standard family-based obesity treatment intervention with education on child health or a standard family-based obesity treatment intervention with experiential learning about meal stimulus control strategies.
Family-based obesity treatment interventions can successfully reduce weight in children, but are often limited in the practice of skills being taught during treatment sessions.
Skills training focused on a particular behavioral strategy can provide parents with an experiential component of learning where the information learned as part of a family-based obesity treatment intervention is also practiced. Health education simply provides knowledge to a family about a topic.
Exclusion Criteria:
the child has a medical condition impacting physical activity or eating (e.g. Type
1 or Type 2 diabetes);
The child health education condition will participate in a family-based obesity treatment program for the first 40 minutes of each session, followed by 20 minutes designated to education about a child health topic. Parents and children will be asked to self-monitor sugar-sweetened beverages, fruits, vegetables, and minutes of physical activity and screen time.
Behavioral: child health education
The skills training condition will participate in a family-based obesity treatment program for the first 40 minutes of each session followed by 20 minutes of experiential learning about meal stimulus control strategies. Parents and children will be asked to self-monitor sugar-sweetened beverages, fruits, vegetables, and minutes of physical activity and screen time. In addition they will self-monitor the use the following stimulus control strategies: portion control, energy density and variety.
Behavioral: skills training
10, 60-minute sessions with a family-based obesity treatment program implemented for the first 40-minutes of each session followed by 20 minutes of education about a child health topic.
10, 60-minute sessions with a family-based obesity treatment program implemented for the first 40-minutes of each session followed by 20 minutes of experiential learning about stimulus control strategies (portion size, energy density, variety).
z-BMI
Height and weight will be used to calculate BMI (kg/m2) and BMI will be standardized in relation to the population mean and standard deviation for the child's age to sex to determine zBMI.
Time frame: 3-months
Energy intake
Based upon a 3-day dietary record analyzed using NDS-R, energy intake will be averaged across the three days.
Time frame: 3-months
Percent Energy from Fat
Based upon a 3-day dietary record analyzed using NDS-R, the calories from fat will be divided by total energy intake (calories) to get percentage energy from fat.
Time frame: 3-months
Food groups servings
Based upon a 3-day dietary record analyzed using NDS-R, the number of servings consumed from each food group will be averaged over three days.
Time frame: 3-months
Physical Activity
Minutes spent engaging in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity will be measured using the PD-PAR.
Time frame: 3-months
Plan to share: No
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