Evidence map›Paper›PMID 27806969›Full record

Trial reportArchives of disease in childhood2017

Camp-based family treatment of childhood obesity: randomised controlled trial.

Beate Benestad, Samira Lekhal, Milada Cvancarova Småstuen, Jens Kristoffer Hertel, Vidar Halsteinli, Rønnaug Astri Ødegård, Jøran Hjelmesæth

Registry-linked trialOpen access · hybridAbstract readComparative StudyMulticenter StudyRandomized Controlled Trial
PubMed Full text at PMC Publisher
In one paragraph

Trial report in Archives of disease in childhood, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT01110096 (Randomised Controlled Clinical Trial Comparing Two Family Interventions to Treat Obesity in Children Between 7 and 12 Years.), which is not on this map. Cited by 11 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
11citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 16% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT01110096 nacompletednot on this map

Randomised Controlled Clinical Trial Comparing Two Family Interventions to Treat Obesity in Children Between 7 and 12 Years.

TypeinterventionalSponsorSykehuset i Vestfold HFRan2010 to 2020Enrolled100ConditionsObesityArmsParent Management Training - Oregon (PMTO), Motivational interviewing, Dynamic group therapy
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

11 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 16 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Effects of Family-Based Intervention for Childhood Obesity on Parental and Offspring Outcomes: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2026
    Pooled it
  2. Pooled it
  3. Pooled it
  4. Pooled it
  5. Review
  6. Evidence Base Update on Behavioral Treatments for Overweight and Obesity in Children and Adolescents.Journal of clinical child and adolescent psychology : the official journal for the Society of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, American Psychological Association, Division 53 · 2023
    Review
  7. Article
  8. The role of structure in dietary approaches for the treatment of pediatric overweight and obesity: A critical review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2021
    Review
  9. Article
  10. Article
  11. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Beate BenestadDepartment of Medicine, The Morbid Obesity Centre (MOC), Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg, Norway.
Samira LekhalDepartment of Medicine, The Morbid Obesity Centre (MOC), Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg, Norway.
Milada Cvancarova SmåstuenDepartment of Medicine, The Morbid Obesity Centre (MOC), Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg, Norway.
Jens Kristoffer HertelDepartment of Medicine, The Morbid Obesity Centre (MOC), Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg, Norway.
Vidar HalsteinliDepartment of Public Health and General Practice, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway.
Rønnaug Astri ØdegårdSt. Olavs Hospital, Trondheim University Hospital, Trondheim, Norway.
Jøran HjelmesæthDepartment of Medicine, The Morbid Obesity Centre (MOC), Vestfold Hospital Trust, Tønsberg, Norway.
Sykehuset i Vestfold · NONorwegian University of Science and Technology · NOUniversity of Oslo · NO

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo compare the effectiveness of a 2-year camp-based family treatment programme and an outpatient programme on obesity in two generations.

designPragmatic randomised controlled trial.

settingRehabilitation clinic, tertiary care hospital and primary care. PATIENTS: Families with at least one child (7-12 years) and one parent with obesity.

interventionsSummer camp for 2 weeks and 4 repetition weekends or lifestyle school including 4 days family education

main outcome measuresChildren: 2-year changes in body mass index (BMI) SD score (SDS). Parents: 2-year change in BMI. Main analyses: linear mixed models.

resultsNinety children (50% girls) were included. Baseline mean (SD) age was 9.7 (1.2) years, BMI 28.7 (3.9) kg/m

conclusionsA 2-year family camp-based obesity treatment programme had no significant effect on BMI SDS in children with severe obesity compared with an outpatient family-based treatment programme. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: NCT01110096.

Indexed as

Analysis of VarianceBody CompositionBody Mass IndexCampingChildFamily TherapyFemaleHealthy LifestyleHumansMalePediatric ObesityRisk Reduction BehaviorTreatment OutcomeFamily-based treatmentMetabolicObesityRCT

Identifiers

PMID27806969
PMCPMC5466918
OpenAlexW2547936839

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.