Supporting Together Exercise and Play and Improving Nutrition (STEP IN)

Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obesity

Treatments: Device: Fitbit; Behavioral: Group nutrition sessions

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02724839

2015-3406

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to design, pilot, and tweak a series of peer-led group nutrition sessions for primary care patients aged 6 -12 years who are overweight or obese and who want to eat healthier and be more active.

Full description

In addition to the group nutrition sessions, the investigators will give a Fitbit to each of a parent and child dyad, which will be used to track and motivate their activity. The investigators hypothesize an improvement pre-post in children's physical activity levels, self-efficacy and intentions for physical activity, self-reported consumption of fruits, vegetables, and child quality of life, and a decrease in consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and fast and snack-food, and television (TV)/ videos screen time

Enrollment: 36 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 6 to 12 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients whose primary medical home is the Pediatric Primary Care Center (primarily Medicaid or self-pay)
• BMI is greater than 85th%ile for age and sex
• English speaking
• have access to a computer/internet or a smart phone (for uploading Fitbit data)

Exclusion criteria

• Have been seen in a weight management clinic within the last 2 years
• prescribed an atypical antipsychotic
• non-ambulatory

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Non-Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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36 participants in 3 patient groups

Biweekly Arm

Experimental group

Description:

6 group nutrition sessions co-led by a peer and a content expert, Fitbit given to parent-child dyads during second session. Sessions took place biweekly.

Treatment:

Device: Fitbit

Behavioral: Group nutrition sessions

Monthly Arm

Experimental group

Description:

6 group nutrition sessions co-led by a peer and a content expert, Fitbit given to parent-child dyads during second session. Sessions took place monthly.

Treatment:

Device: Fitbit

Behavioral: Group nutrition sessions

Weekly

Experimental group

Description:

6 group nutrition sessions co-led by a peer and a content expert, Fitbit given to parent-child dyads during second session. Sessions took place weekly.

Treatment:

Device: Fitbit

Behavioral: Group nutrition sessions