Treatment of Overweight and Obese Children -Using the "Holbaek-Method" in a Municipality Based Treatment Program.

Holbaek Sygehus

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hypertension; Diabetes; Quality of Life; Dyslipidemia; Pediatric Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: Community-based treatment of overweight and obesity

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02013843

Region Sjaelland 2012 (Other Grant/Funding Number)

TCOCmunicipalities

Details and patient eligibility

About

In the present study the effect of a community-based treatment of overweight and obese children is analyzed. The treatment-method is based on the principals and the method used in the Children Obesity Clinic in the Pediatric department i Holbaek. The effect is evaluated by the change in body mass index standard deviation score, change in blood pressure standard deviation score, quality of life and concentration of fasting blood lipids and glucose during one year of treatment.

Full description

In the present study the effect of a community-based treatment of overweight and obese children is analyzed. The treatment-method is based on the principals and the method used in the Children Obesity Clinic in the Pediatric department i Holbaek and the care providers in each of the eight municipalities included are thought thoroughly to use this method.

The treatment effect is evaluated after one year, and the effect is assessed by the change in body mass index standard deviation score, change in blood pressure standard deviation score, quality of life (PedsQL), body composition and concentration of fasting blood lipids and glucose.

Enrollment: 1,007 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 3 to 18 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Body mass index above 90-percentile for age and gender

Exclusion criteria

• None

Trial design

Primary purpose: Health Services Research

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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1,007 participants in 1 patient group

Community-based treatment

Other group

Description:

Overweight and obese children are seen on a regular basis by health care professionals in the 8 communities included in the project. The care providers are all trained thoroughly in using the "Holbaek-method" for treatment of pediatric obesity.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Community-based treatment of overweight and obesity