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Trial reportInternational journal of obesity (2005)2012

Family-based behavioural treatment of childhood obesity in a UK National Health Service setting: randomized controlled trial.

H Croker, R M Viner, D Nicholls, D Haroun, P Chadwick, C Edwards, J C K Wells, J Wardle

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in International journal of obesity (2005), 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 52 papers, 15 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

52 citing papers in PubMed, 15 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  11. Treatment of obesity, with a dietary component, and eating disorder risk in children and adolescents: A systematic review with meta-analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2019
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  15. Effect of multidisciplinary interventions on quality of life in obese children: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2015
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

H CrokerDepartment of Epidemiology and Public Health, Cancer Research UK Health Behaviour Research Centre, UCL, London, UK. h.croker@ucl.ac.uk
R M Viner
D Nicholls
D Haroun
P Chadwick
C Edwards
J C K Wells
J Wardle

Funding

Cancer Research UK A7974
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe best outcomes for treating childhood obesity have come from comprehensive family-based programmes. However there are questions over their generalizability.

objectiveTo examine the acceptability and effectiveness of 'family-based behavioural treatment' (FBBT) for childhood obesity in an ethnically and socially diverse sample of families in a UK National Health Service (NHS) setting.

methodsIn this parallel group, randomized controlled trial, 72 obese children were randomized to FBBT or a waiting-list control. Primary outcomes were body mass index (BMI) and BMI s.d. scores (SDSs). Secondary outcomes were weight, weight SDSs, height, height SDSs, waist, waist SDSs, FM index, FFM index, blood pressure (BP) and psychosocial measures. The outcomes were assessed at baseline and after treatment, with analyses of 6-month data performed on an intent-to-treat (ITT) basis. Follow-up anthropometric data were collected at 12 months for the treatment group.

resultsITT analyses included all children with baseline data (n=60). There were significant BMI SDS changes (P<0.01) for the treatment and control groups of -0.11 (0.16) and -0.10 (1.6). The treatment group showed a significant reduction in systolic BP (-0.24 (0.7), P<0.05) and improvements in quality of life and eating attitudes (P<0.05), with no significant changes for the control group. However the between-group treatment effects for BMI, body composition, BP and psychosocial outcomes were not significant. There was no overall change in BMI or BMI SDSs from 0-12 months for the treatment group. No adverse effects were reported.

conclusionsBoth treatment and control groups experienced significant reductions in the level of overweight, but with no significant difference between them. There were no significant group differences for any of the secondary outcomes. This trial was registered at http://www.controlled-trials.com/ under ISRCTN 51382628.

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Behavior TherapyBody Mass IndexFamily TherapyRisk Reduction BehaviorBlood PressureChildFamily HealthFemaleHumansLondonMaleNational Health ProgramsObesityPilot ProjectsSocial AdjustmentTreatment Outcome

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PMID21931327
PMCPMC3272466

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