Treatment of Overweight Children and Adolescents

October 24, 2016 updated by: Thomas Reinehr, University of Witten/Herdecke

Evaluation of the Intervention Program "Obeldicks Light" for 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.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

66

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • Germany
      • Datteln, Germany, 45711
        • Vestische Youth Hospital

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

8 years to 16 years (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • overweight children

Exclusion Criteria:

  • primary disease

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Crossover Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: intervention arm
Lifestyle Intervention based on Nutrition Treatment, exercise Treatment and behavorial treatment
Behavioral: behavioral intervention
No Intervention: waiting list
waiting 6 months for Intervention without any intervention

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
change of weight status
Time Frame: 6 months
6 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Change of eating and exercise behaviour
Time Frame: 6 months
6 months
change of quality of life
Time Frame: 6 months
6 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

University of Witten/Herdecke

Collaborators

University of Bremen

Investigators

  • Study Chair: Petra Kolip, Prof, University of Bremen, Germany

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 2007

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2009

Study Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2010

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 16, 2007

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 16, 2007

First Posted (Estimate)

January 17, 2007

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

October 25, 2016

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 24, 2016

Last Verified

October 1, 2016

More Information

Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • GFEL011174505

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