Our Lifestyles Our Lives (OLOL)

Pennington Biomedical Research Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Weight Loss; Pediatric Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: Individualized step goals; Behavioral: Pedometer; Behavioral: Family-based weight management

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02965729

PBRC 2014-012

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of the study was to examine the influence of step goals with pedometers to improve children's weight loss, physical activity, and psychosocial health during behavioral treatment. Children with overweight or obesity were assigned to receive the behavioral treatment alone, plus pedometers, or plus pedometers with step goals.

Full description

A total of 105 overweight and obese children ages 8 to 17 years participated in a 10-week family-based weight management intervention focusing on physical activity, nutrition, and behavioral modification. A quasi-experimental design was used to group cohorts into three conditions: two cohorts had no pedometer (n=24); two cohorts had pedometer only (n=25); and four cohorts had pedometer with step goals (i.e. 500 steps/day weekly increase above baseline; n=56). Height and weight were measured at baseline and week 10 and used to calculate body mass index (BMI). Analysis of covariance was performed to examine difference by condition for change in weight, BMI, and BMI z-score, controlling for age and baseline value. Differences in steps/day and psychosocial health were compared between the two pedometer conditions.

Enrollment: 105 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 17 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Aged 8-17 years old
• BMI ≥ 95th percentile or have a BMI ≥ 85th percentile with comorbidities (e.g. hypertension, heart disease, type 2 diabetes, insulin resistance, sleep apnea, orthopedic problems, or fatty liver disease)

Exclusion criteria

• None.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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105 participants in 3 patient groups

No Pedometer

Active Comparator group

Description:

Participants only participated in the family-based weight management intervention. Participants were not given a pedometer or step goals.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Family-based weight management

Pedometer Only

Active Comparator group

Description:

In addition to participating in the family-based weight management intervention, participants were given a pedometer and instructions at session 1. Participants were asked to wear the pedometer every day for the entirety of the program and return at session 10. No step goals were provided.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Pedometer

Behavioral: Family-based weight management

Pedometer Plus Step Goals

Active Comparator group

Description:

In addition to participating in the family-based weight management intervention, participants were given a pedometer and instructions at session 1. Participants were asked to wear the pedometer every day for the entirety of the program and return at session 10. Participants were given individualized step goals to increase their activity by 500 steps each week (above baseline calculated as average daily steps/day during week 1).

Treatment:

Behavioral: Individualized step goals

Behavioral: Pedometer

Behavioral: Family-based weight management