BMI Study for Children Ages 6-9 Years and Parents

The purpose of this study is to test the Fitwits office tool and games with 6-9 year old children and their parents to: 1) assist parent-child dyad with correct BMI status identification and understanding; 2) address nutrition, portion size, and activity cues; and, 3) track BMI trajectory over 12-month period.

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Key information

Conditions

Childhood Obesity Body Weight Nutrition Disorders Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases Obesity Overnutrition Overweight Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Pediatric Obesity Signs and Symptoms

Age range

6 year–9 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

UPMC St.Margaret Bloomfield/Garfield Family Health Center

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 15206, United States

About this study

The investigators will study parents' perceptions of their child's BMI before and after the Fitwits intervention with a primary goal of improving parents' ability to identify their child's actual BMI status (underweight, healthy weight, overweight, or obese). Secondary goals are to measure changes in behaviors and BMI trajectories with repetitive use of the Fitwits office tool.

The study design is a longitudinal non-randomized intervention study with four time points (baseline, 3, 6, and 12 months). The investigators will recruit family medicine residents, fellows, and faculty at the investigators' three family health centers and enroll 150 parent/guardians and children aged 6-9 years at well child visits, regardless of initial BMI.

The investigators will use electronic health record-generated BMI percentages, the physician-led Fitwits Office Tool as the intervention, and self-reported surveys for the parent-child dyad. Surveys will record the BMI understanding -pre- and post-Fitwits intervention at each visit.

The investigators will compare the intervention to a control group residency-based family health center with usual care for child/parent dyads presenting at well child care and 12 months later. At this site the investigators will survey for correct parent identification of the child's BMI category.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Ages 6-9 regardless of BMI status

Exclusion criteria

non-English-speaking

Treatment and study plan

Fitwits office tool and games

Other

Physician-led narration of Fitwits office tool during well child and subsequent visits over one year with distribution of Fitwits games during first visit.

Primary outcomes

Improved parent correct identification of child BMI category (surveys)

Time frame: one year

improved correctness of BMI category selection on surveys over one year

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Pittsburgh

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2015
Primary completion: 2018
Study completion: 2018
First posted: Apr 21, 2015
Registry last updated: Jul 18, 2018

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