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NCT Number: NCT00422916

Treatment of Overweight Children and Adolescents

The intervention program "Obeldicks light" is developed for overweight children aged 8-16 years. This intervention is gender - and age specific.

The 6-month intervention is based on nutrition course, behaviour therapy and exercise therapy. The evaluation compromised quality of structure, process and results of the intervention. 300 participants in a randomised controlled group design will be evaluated at 4 time points: baseline, end of intervention, 6 months after end of intervention and 12 months after end of intervention.Primary outcome measure is change of weight status as standard deviation score of BMI. Drop-outs will be interviewed to improve the intervention.

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Key information

Conditions

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

Age range

8 year–16 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Vestische Youth Hospital

Datteln, 45711, Germany

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

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

Inclusion criteria

  • overweight children

Exclusion criteria

  • primary disease

Treatment and study plan

behavioral intervention

Behavioral

Primary outcomes

  1. change of weight status

    Time frame: 6 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Change of eating and exercise behaviour

    Time frame: 6 months

  2. change of quality of life

    Time frame: 6 months

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

University of Witten/Herdecke

Other

Collaborators

  • University of Bremen

Registry information

Official study title

Evaluation of the Intervention Program "Obeldicks Light" for Overweight Children and Adolescents

Important dates

Study start
2007
Primary completion
2009
Study completion
2010
First posted
Jan 17, 2007
Registry last updated
Oct 25, 2016

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