Exploring the Familial Reach of Adolescent Obesity Treatment

Investigators will recruit non-targeted children (8-17yrs) and caregivers living in the same household as the target TEENS+ parent/adolescent dyad. At 0, 2, 4 and 8m, the target adolescent/parent dyad (n=60), and non-targeted children and caregivers will complete anthropometric assessments, and measures of the shared home feeding and weight-related environment will be conducted.

Inclusion criteria

• Untreated children: must be between 8-17 years of age and primarily living in the same household as the TEENS+ participants.
• Untreated caregiver: must be 18 years of age or older and primarily living in the same household as the TEENS+ participants.
• Treated caregivers: must have another individual in the household that meets the eligbility for an untreated child or untreated caregiver.

Exclusion criteria

• temporarily (<1yr) living in the home
• children with a BMI<5th%ile or caregivers with a BMI<18.5 kg/m2
• non-English speaking
• medical condition(s) that may be associated with unintentional weight change or significant disruption to eating behaviors (e.g., hypothalamic injury, Prader-Willi, G-tube placement, or malignancy
• clinically significant eating disorder (e.g., anorexia nervosa or bulimia nervosa)
• following a medically-supervised/prescribed diet
• psychiatric, cognitive, physical or developmental conditions that would impair the individual's ability to complete assessments.