Clinical Trial: The Role of Parents in Adolescent Obesity Treatment

Study Status: Recruiting
Recruit Status: Recruiting
Study Type: Interventional

Official Title: Innovative Approaches to Adolescent Obesity Treatment: Exploring the Role of Parents

Brief Summary: The study will pilot a randomized control trial to investigate the feasibility and preliminary efficacy of two distinct parent treatments on a dietary intervention for overweight and obese adolescents.

Detailed Summary:

Investigators will recruit overweight or obese adolescents (BMI >85th percentile) and parent(s) (BMI >25 kg/m2). Families will participate in one of two 4-month treatments: 1) TEENS+Parents as Coaches (PAC), engaging parents as helpers in their child's weight management, or 2) TEENS+Parent Weight Loss (PWL), engaging parents in their own weight management. All adolescents will participate in TEENS+, which includes behavioral support, nutrition education, and supervised physical activity.

For the adolescents, intervention will consist of weekly 1 hour exercise sessions and alternating weekly 1 hour behavioral and nutrition group sessions. Parents will also attend the nutrition sessions and participate in a behavioral parent-only biweekly group. Parent behavioral group sessions will be specific to the treatment arm (e.g. PAC or PWL). Assessments will consist of anthropometric measures, psychological surveys, and nutritional evaluations. Assessments will be completed at baseline, post-test and 3-month follow-up.


Sponsor: Virginia Commonwealth University

Current Primary Outcome:

  • Between-group differences in parent weight change. [ Time Frame: 4 months (pre-intervention - post-test) ]
    Weight change (kg; parents)
  • Within group differences in adolescent changes in BMI [ Time Frame: 4 months (pre-intervention - post-test) ]
    BMI change (kg/m2; adolescent)


Original Primary Outcome: Same as current

Current Secondary Outcome:

  • Changes in parent dietary intake [ Time Frame: 4 months (pre-intervention - post-test) ]
    Average total energy intake (kcal/day) estimated via 3-day food record
  • Changes in parent feeding practices measured via Child Feeding Questionnaire [ Time Frame: 4 months (pre-intervention - post-test) ]
  • Changes in child dietary intake [ Time Frame: 4 months (pre-intervention - post-test) ]
    Average total energy intake (kcal/day) estimated via 3-day food record
  • Changes in parent physical activity [ Time Frame: 4 months (pre-intervention - post-test) ]
    Mean total daily energy expenditure (kcal/day) estimated via accelerometer
  • Changes in adolescent physical activity [ Time Frame: 4 months (pre-intervention - post-test) ]
    Mean total daily energy expenditure (kcal/day) estimated via accelerometer


Original Secondary Outcome: Same as current

Information By: Virginia Commonwealth University

Dates:
Date Received: July 16, 2015
Date Started: January 2016
Date Completion: March 2018
Last Updated: February 17, 2017
Last Verified: February 2017