Predictors of Success in an Intervention Program for the Treatment of Childhood Obesity

Clalit Health Services

Status: Completed

Conditions: Childhood Obesity

Treatments: Other: Intervention program for obese children

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01578863

MeirMc009-12CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

The child health and sports center, at the Meir Medical Center, runs for over 10 years an intervention program to treat obese children. The program includes physical activity, nutritional intervention and behavioral treatment. A similar program exists in the nearby city of Hadera. The aim of the programs is to promote weight loss, encourage physical activity and modify behavior in order to get long term results. The aim of the present study is to try and identify the demographic and behavioral characteristics of children who succeed in the program.

Enrollment: 176 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 18 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Obese / overweight children

Exclusion criteria

• Children that has an organic illness that cause obesity

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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176 participants in 3 patient groups

Intervention program

Active Comparator group

Description:

6 months intervention program to lose weight in obese children. Behavioral, emotional, physical, familial and demographic questioners will be fulfilled at the beginning and at the end of the program.

Treatment:

Other: Intervention program for obese children

Untreated obese children

No Intervention group

Description:

Behavioral, emotional, physical, familial and demographic questioners will be fulfilled twice in a 6 month program.

Normal weight children

No Intervention group

Description:

Behavioral, emotional, physical, familial and demographic questioners will fulfill twice in the 6 month period.