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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2012
Main ID:  NCT00377767
Date of registration: 15/09/2006
Primary sponsor: Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)
Public title: Improving Primary Care to Prevent Childhood Obesity
Scientific title: Improving Primary Care to Prevent Childhood Obesity
Date of first enrolment: September 2006
Target sample size: 500
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00377767
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind, Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Countries of recruitment
United States
Contacts
Name:   Katherine H Hohman, MPH
Address: 
Telephone: 617-509-9869
Email: katherine_hohman@hphc.org
Affiliation: 
Name:   Matthew Gillman, MD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  Department of Ambulatory Care and Prevention/Harvard Pilgrim Health Care/ Harvard Medical School
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age 2.0 through 5.9 years receiving primary care in a multi-site group practice

- BMI > 95th percentile for age and sex, or 85th - 95th percentile if at least one
parent is overweight

Exclusion Criteria:

- Child currently enrolled in a formal weight management program

- Child is in foster care

- Chronic conditions that may limit our ability to measure height and weight or that
may interfere with their growth, physical activity, or dietary recommendations



Age minimum: 2 Years
Age maximum: 6 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Overweight in Preschool Age Children
Risk of Overweight in Preschool Age Children
Intervention(s)
Behavioral: To change structure and roles of primary care teams to optimize prevention of obesity
Primary Outcome(s)
Body mass index (BMI) at 1 year.
Secondary Outcome(s)
Fast food intake at 1 year post intervention.
Sugar-sweetened beverages intake at 1 year post intervention.
Television viewing behaviors at 1 year post intervention.
Secondary ID(s)
RO1HD050966
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Harvard School of Public Health
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