Wellness Action Plan Trial Addressing Childhood Obesity

Roohi Kharofa, MD, MPH

Status: Completed

Conditions: Childhood Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: Wellness Action Plan

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02185248

363990-4

Details and patient eligibility

About

The objective of this study was to determine the effectiveness of a novel Wellness Action Plan aimed at 1) improving parent recall of diet and activity plans 2) increasing follow-through with plans and 3) aiding parents in identifying their child's weight category.

Enrollment: 181 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 30 months to 14 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children between the ages of 2.5 and 14 years, regardless of baseline BMI
• Presented for a well child visit at a pediatric clinic serving primarily Medicaid-insured children in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Exclusion criteria

• Patients in foster care
• Parents and patients who were non-English speaking
• Patients who were being seen by a specialist for weight management.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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181 participants in 2 patient groups

Control Group

No Intervention group

Description:

General clinical counseling in regards to child's BMI category and necessary changes to diet and activity regimen.

Wellness Plan

Experimental group

Description:

Received a wellness action plan. The plan included a color-coded BMI chart to help parents understand their child's weight category as well as a brief action planning worksheet to help families create personalized plans around healthy diet and activity changes.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Wellness Action Plan