Trial reportPediatric obesity2023
A randomized trial comparing diet and delivery strategies for weight management in adolescents with intellectual disabilities.
Trial report in Pediatric obesity, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 13 citations in OpenAlex.
- Telehealth and healthcare access for individuals with Down syndrome: a systematic review of opportunities and barriers.BMC health services research · 2026Pooled it
- Weight-loss interventions for adolescents with Down syndrome: a systematic review.Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.) · 2025Pooled it
- Remote delivery of a weight management intervention for adults with intellectual disabilities: Results from a randomized non-inferiority trial.Disability and health journal · 2024Trial
- Parent factors associated with BMI, diet, and physical activity of adolescents with intellectual and developmental disabilities.Disability and health journal · 2023Trial
- The prevalence of obesity and lifestyle behaviors of parents of youth with intellectual and developmental disabilities.Disability and health journal · 2023Trial
- A cooking skills intervention for long-term weight loss in young adults with intellectual disabilities: Rationale and design for a randomized trial.Contemporary clinical trials · 2026Article
- Review
- A Qualitative Exploration of Perspectives From Young Adults With Intellectual Disabilities and Their Caregivers Participating in a Lifestyle Intervention to Enhance Cooking Skills and Physical Fitness.Journal of applied research in intellectual disabilities : JARID · 2026Article
- Diet Quality of Midwest Adolescents and Young Adults With Intellectual Disabilities and Overweight/Obesity Differs by Diagnosis but Not by Weight Category.Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics · 2025Article
- Medically Tailored Grocery Deliveries to Improve Food Security and Hypertension in Underserved Groups: A Student-Run Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial.Healthcare (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Weight management recommendations for youth with Down syndrome: Expert recommendations.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Review
- Weight loss in adolescents with down syndrome compared to adolescents with other intellectual disabilities enrolled in an 18-month randomized weight management trial.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022Article
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13 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.
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Abstract
backgroundThe literature evaluating multi-component interventions for long-term weight loss in adolescents with intellectual disabilities (ID) is extremely limited.
objectivesTo compare the effectiveness of two delivery strategies, face-to-face (FTF) or remote delivery (RD), and two diets, enhanced Stop Light diet (eSLD) or conventional diet (CD) on weight change across 12 and 18 months. in response to an 18 months. weight management intervention (6 months Weight loss/12 months. Weight maintenance) in adolescents with ID.
methodsAdolescents with ID were randomized to one of three arms: FTF /CD, RD/CD, RD/eSLD and asked to attend individual education sessions with a health educator which were delivered during FTF home visits or remotely using video conferencing. The CD followed the US dietary guidelines. The eSLD utilized the Stop Light guide and was enhanced with portion-controlled meals. Participants were also asked to increase their physical activity (PA) and to self-monitor diet, PA and body weight across the 18-month.
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resultsWeight was obtained from 92(84%) and 89(81%) randomized adolescents at 12 and 18 months, respectively. Weight change across 12 months. Differed significantly by diet (RD/eSLD: -7.0% vs. RD/CD: -1.1%, p = 0.002) but not by delivery strategy (FTF/CD: +1.1% vs. RD/CD: -1.1%, p = 0.21). Weight change across 18 months. Was minimal in all intervention arms and did not differ by diet (RD/eSLD: -2.6% vs. RD/CD: -0.5%; p = 0.28) or delivery strategy (FTF/CD: +1.6% vs. RD/CD: -0.5%; p = 0.47).
conclusionsAdditional research is required to identify effective strategies to improve long-term weight loss in adolescents with ID.
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