Trial reportBMC public health2016
Study Protocol: A randomized controlled trial evaluating the effect of family-based behavioral treatment of childhood and adolescent obesity-The FABO-study.
Trial report in BMC public health, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT02687516 (Treatment of Severely Obese Children and Adolescents in Common Health Care Settings), which is not on this map. Cited by 13 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Treatment of Severely Obese Children and Adolescents in Common Health Care Settings: An Effectiveness Study Employing "Family-based Behavioral Social Facilitation Treatment"
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 14 citations in OpenAlex.
- A systematic mapping review of individual participant factors related to eating disorder risk collected in behavioural weight management trials.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2026Pooled it
- Digital health, technology-driven or technology-assisted interventions for the management of obesity in children and adolescents.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2025Pooled it
- Family-based treatment of children with severe obesity in a public healthcare setting: Results from a randomized controlled trial.Clinical obesity · 2022Trial
- Among Multiple Mental Health Symptoms, Only Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Problems Predict Poorer BMI Outcomes in Family-Based Behavioural Treatment for Youth With Severe Obesity.Pediatric obesity · 2026Article
- Management of Childhood Obesity.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026Review
- Youth with severe obesity do not demonstrate increased eating disorder symptoms following family-based behavioral obesity treatment.Eating and weight disorders : EWD · 2026Article
- Body Appreciation and Weight Control Behaviors in Overweight Adolescents: A Cross-Sectional Study Informing a CBT-Based Health Promotion Model.Diabetes, metabolic syndrome and obesity : targets and therapy · 2026Article
- Mediterranean diet, eating behaviours, and nutritional intervention in childhood obesity: what works, where, and for whom-a narrative review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2026Review
- Perceived barriers in family-based behavioural treatment of paediatric obesity - Results from the FABO study.Pediatric obesity · 2023Article
- Objectively measured physical activity among treatment seeking children and adolescents with severe obesity and normal weight peers.Obesity science & practice · 2022Article
- A brief session-by-session measure of eating disorder psychopathology for children and adolescents: Development and psychometric properties of the Eating Disorder-15 for Youth (ED-15-Y).The International journal of eating disorders · 2021Article
- Modeling Obesity in Norway (The MOON Study): A Decision-Analytic Approach-Prevalence, Costs, and Years of Life Lost.Medical decision making : an international journal of the Society for Medical Decision Making · 2021Article
- Childhood and Adolescent Obesity: A Review.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2020Review
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8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
backgroundThe purpose of the FABO-study is to evaluate the effect of family-based behavioral social facilitation treatment (FBSFT), designed to target children's family and social support networks to enhance weight loss outcomes, compared to the standard treatment (treatment as usual, TAU) given to children and adolescents with obesity in a routine clinical practice.
methodsRandomized controlled trial (RCT), in which families (n = 120) are recruited from the children and adolescents (ages 6-18 years) referred to the Obesity Outpatient Clinic (OOC), Haukeland University Hospital, Norway. Criteria for admission to the OOC are BMI above the International Obesity Task Force (IOTF) cut-off ≥ 35, or IOTF ≥ 30 with obesity related co-morbidity. Families are randomized to receive FBSFT immediately or following one year of TAU. All participants receive a multidisciplinary assessment. For TAU this assessment results in a plan and a contract for chancing specific lifestyle behaviors. Thereafter each family participates in monthly counselling sessions with their primary health care nurse to work on implementing these goals, including measuring their weight change, and also meet every third month for sessions at the OOC. In FBSFT, following assessment, families participate in 17 weekly sessions at the OOC, in which each family works on changing lifestyle behaviors using a structured cognitive-behavioral, socio-ecological approach targeting both parents and children with strategies for behavioral maintenance and sustainable weight change. Outcome variables include body mass index (BMI; kg/m DISCUSSION: This is the first systematic application of FBSFT in the treatment of obesity among youth in Norway. The study gives an opportunity to evaluate the effect of FBSFT implemented in routine clinical practice across a range of youth with severe obesity.
trial registrationClinicalTrails.gov NCT02687516 . Registered 16th of February, 2016.
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