NCT02044731

Impact of a Childhood Obesity Intervention for African American Families

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 19 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of California, Berkeley · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 5 Years – 12 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact on body mass index (BMI) of a 5-session childhood obesity intervention for African American families among children aged 5-12 years. We hypothesize that children participating in the program will experience a reduction in BMI.

Conditions

• Obesity
• Overweight

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Active and Healthy Families	A pediatric overweight/obesity intervention delivered through five bi-weekly family-based group sessions.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-01-01
• Primary completion: 2014-06-01
• Completion: 2014-07-01
• First posted: 2014-01-24
• Last updated: 2014-12-09

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States