Prediction of Weight Gain by Children and Adolescents

The 'Meir children's sport and health center' runs a multi-disciplinary intervention program for the treatment of overweight and obese children and adolescents. The program includes physical activity, dietary guidelines, medical supervision and behavioral treatment. The participants are routinely weighed once a week, at the same day and time, in order to supervise their progress. According to our experience, the child can predict his weight change, based on his "behavior" in the previous week. To our knowledge the overweight/obese child's ability to predict his weekly weight change, while participating in a multi-disciplinary intervention program, has never been tested.

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Key information

Conditions

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

Age range

5 year–18 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

'Meir children's sport and health center'

Kfar Saba, 44281, Israel

About this study

The aim of this study is to examine whether a child participating in a multi-disciplinary intervention program for treatment of the overweight and obese in Meir medical center, can predict his weight change during intervention before the actual weighing.

This study will include 1000 weight measurements of children and adolescents, boys and girls, ages 5-18 years. A patient might be measured several times.

The data will be collected during 6 mounts. in this period the program participants will be asked, discretely, before being weighed if, in there opinion, they had lost or gained weight in the past week, and how mach and why.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

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

Inclusion criteria

Overweight and obese children and adolescence
Boys and girls
Ages 5-18
That taking pat in a multi-disciplinary intervention program for treatment of the overweight and obese in Meir medical center

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

Participants will be able to predict their weight change

Time frame: 6 months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Meir Medical Center

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Registry information

Official study title

Prediction of Weight Gain by Children and Adolescents That Participate in a Multi-disciplinary Intervention Program for Treatment of Overweight and Obese

Important dates

Study start: 2011
Primary completion: 2017
Study completion: 2017
First posted: Apr 28, 2010
Registry last updated: Nov 21, 2017

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