NCT03215641

Is it Helpful to Use Fitbits in a Family Based Weight Loss Program?

Effect of Personal Activity Trackers on Weight Loss in Children Enrolled in a Comprehensive Behavioral Family Lifestyle Intervention (CBFLI) Program

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 200 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Children's Hospital Los Angeles · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 7 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This study evaluates the role of personal activity trackers to help improve weight loss or weight maintenance for children and their parents enrolled in a comprehensive weight loss program.

Detailed description

Childhood obesity rates have tripled in the last 30 years, with as many as 50% of children in the US being obese or overweight. High-intensity comprehensive behavioral family lifestyle intervention (CBFLI) programs have been shown to be among the most effective interventions for weight loss in children. However, these programs are time- and resource-intensive with high rates of recidivism. Personal activity trackers (PAT) provide objectively measured physical activity data and are more reliable than self-report. These devices can also have a motivational impact. The investigators intend to study the effects of these devices and their data on behavior change and weight loss for both parents and children enrolled in a CBFLI program. The investigators will objectively measure the level of activity of both members of the parent-child dyad, explore the relationship between parent-child activity levels and its effect on each other, as well as on overall weight loss or weight maintenance.

Conditions

• Pediatric Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DEVICE	Fitbit	The Fitbit is a consumer-grade personal activity tracker. It is used to track physical activity. Patients will be given devices at the beginning of the study, and they will continue to use it for 7 weeks. Their data will be collected on a weekly basis, and patients will receive feedback on their level of activity based on the Fitbit data.

Timeline

• Start date: 2015-08-01
• Primary completion: 2019-03-01
• Completion: 2019-03-01
• First posted: 2017-07-12
• Last updated: 2018-12-31