NOURISH+: Nourishing Our Understanding of Role Modeling to Improve Support and Health — NOURISH+  

Overweight and Obesity Clinical Trial

Official title: NOURISHing Families to Promote Healthy Eating and Exercise in Overweight Children

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of a parent intervention (NOURISH+) aimed at reducing the problem of overweight and obesity in children.

Clinical Trial Description

Pediatric overweight is a national public health concern. The percentage of overweight children in the U.S. between the ages of 5 and 11 has nearly tripled in the last 3 decades. African American children are particularly at risk. Pediatric overweight is associated with numerous physical and psychological health problems. Moreover, overweight children are at significant risk for obesity in adulthood. Thus, a focus on pediatric overweight is an important step in the prevention of adult obesity.

Despite the urgent need for pediatric overweight interventions, outcomes of some of the most rigorous treatments are, at best, mixed. Although research has found that including parents in interventions for pediatric overweight has positive effects on outcomes, parental involvement is usually limited. Moreover, relatively few studies have included sufficient numbers of lower-SES, African American participants, a group at increased risk for pediatric overweight and associated complications. This study will evaluate the efficacy of an intensive intervention targeting ethnically diverse parents of overweight, children ages 5-11 (NOURISH—Nourishing Our Understanding of Role Modeling to Improve Support and Health). ;

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Overweight
• Overweight and Obesity

• NCT number: NCT01361243
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Virginia Commonwealth University
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 2011
• Completion date: January 31, 2018