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NCT Number: NCT01555034

Movement Therapy and Childhood Obesity

The Child health and Sports Center, Meir Medical Center, has an intervention program to treat obese children. The program includes physical activity, nutritional intervention and behavioral treatment.The emphasis given in the center to physical activity and sport enables a strong connection with movement therapy. Movement therapy allows obese children to face and cope with the psychological and emotional aspects of obesity.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the contribution of the movement therapy intervention to our program.

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Key information

Conditions

Obesity Behavior Body Weight Motor Activity Nutrition Disorders Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases Overnutrition Overweight Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms Signs and Symptoms

Age range

6 year–18 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Meir Medical Center

Kfar Saba, Israel

About this study

Movement therapy is part of the multidisciplinary intervention. Weekly one hour long sessions are conducted under the guidance of a certified therapists.

The meeting includes physical movement aimed to address the emotional world of the obese child. Using games, structured exercises and verbal processing.

At the start and end of the evaluation the children will answer questionnaires to study:

  • Behavioral questionnaires:emotional state: anxiety, depression, communication, self-esteem, quality of life and self-efficacy.
  • Demographic questions . At the beginning and the end of the program a certified movement therapist will observe the children to estimate the change of emotional movement.weight, height and BMI are measured regularly in the center.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

  • Overweight/obese children

Exclusion criteria

  • Child that do not want to take part in this study

Treatment and study plan

movement therapy

Behavioral

exercise, nutrition, movement therapy

exercise plus nutrition

Other

exercise, nutrition

Primary outcomes

  1. Emotional/behavioral changes

    Time frame: 3 MONTHS

    Change from Baseline in emotional and behavioral questioners at 3 months. The questioners: depression, anxiety, self-efficacy, self-esteem, attachment and quality of life.

Secondary outcomes

  1. weight, height and BMI

    Time frame: 3 MONTHS

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Meir Medical Center

Other

Registry information

Official study title

The Effect of Movement Therapy on the Success in a Multidisciplinary Intervention for the Treatment of Childhood Obesity

Important dates

Study start
2012
Primary completion
2015
Study completion
2015
First posted
Mar 15, 2012
Registry last updated
Apr 14, 2015

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