Family, Responsibility, Education, Support, and Health for Food Responsiveness
ConditionObesity, Childhood
Trial statusRecruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age7-12
SponsorUniversity of California, San Diego
About this trial
The objective of this proposed study is to compare Regulation of Cues (ROC), Family-Based Treatment (FBT), ROC+ nutrition education and reducing energy intake (ROC+) and a health education comparator (HE) for children with overweight or obesity who are high on food responsiveness (FR).
Eligibility criteria
Qualifiers
Informed assent and parental consent
A child with overweight or obesity (≥ 85th BMI%) aged 7-12 years of age
Child high on FR - High FR will be measured by the Food Responsiveness Scale via the CEBQ, with scores at a 3.8 or higher constituting a child with high FR.
A parent responsible for food preparation who is willing to participate and can read, speak and understand English at a minimum of a 5th grade level
Disqualifiers
Acute child psychiatric disorder diagnoses (e.g., acute suicidality, recent hospitalization, psychosis, bulimia nervosa)
Child diagnoses of a serious chronic physical disease (e.g., cystic fibrosis, type 1 diabetes) for which physician supervision of diet and exercise prescription may be warranted
Child who is taking medication for weight loss
Acute parent psychiatric disorder (e.g., acute suicidality; recent hospitalization; psychosis, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, moderate or severe alcohol or substance use disorder)
Trial design
Treatments tested in this trial
- Regulation of Cues
- Family Based Behavioral Treatment
- Regulation of Cues +
- Health Education
Treatment groups
280 Participants
are divided into 4 treatment groupsSponsors and collaborators
University of California, San Diego
Lead sponsor
University of Minnesota
Collaborator
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Collaborator
Source ClinicalTrials.gov