Mentors in Motion: A Physical Activity Intervention for Obese Adolescents (MIM)

McGill University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: Behavior modification

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT00475163

PED-04-018

Details and patient eligibility

About

Assesing the impact of mentoring on the lifestyle choices of adolescents who are overweight

Full description

Randomized controlled trial of the impact of weekly contacts with mentors to improve physical activity pattern, self esteem, and weight loss in obese teenagers over a 6 month period.

Enrollment: 34 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 13 to 17 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• 13-17 yo Able to participate in physical activity

Exclusion criteria

• On medications that could affect weight

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)