Exercise Consultation in Obese Youth

St. Justine's Hospital

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: review of "Canada's Physical Activity Guide for Youth"; Behavioral: Exercise consultation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00722345

2162

Details and patient eligibility

About

Exercise consultation, an intervention approach based on the transtheoretical model has been successful in promoting physical activity (PA) among adults. It is unknown whether this approach would be efficacious with youth. The purpose of this pilot study was to assess whether exercise consultation would increase PA levels and improve anthropometric measures and metabolic markers in obese adolescents.

Enrollment: 33 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 14 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adolescents
• BMI greater than or equal to the 95th percentile for age (2000 CDC growth charts)

Exclusion criteria

• Pregnancy
• Underlying medical condition, physical or cognitive disability that will impair individual's ability to participate in physical activity

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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33 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

1

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Behavioral: review of "Canada's Physical Activity Guide for Youth"

2

Experimental group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Exercise consultation