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Trial reportContemporary clinical trials2024

A randomized controlled trial examining general parenting training and family-based behavioral treatment for childhood obesity: The ReFRESH study design.

Kyung E Rhee, Takisha Corbett, Shamin Patel, Dawn M Eichen, David R Strong, Cheryl Anderson, Bess Marcus, Kerri N Boutelle

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in Contemporary clinical trials, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Trial
  2. Management of Childhood Obesity.International journal of molecular sciences · 2026
    Review
  3. Novel model of childhood appetitive traits in children with obesity.International journal of obesity (2005) · 2025
    Observational
4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Kyung E RheeDepartment of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA. Electronic address: K1rhee@health.ucsd.edu.
Takisha CorbettDepartment of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Shamin PatelDepartment of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
Dawn M EichenDepartment of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.
David R StrongHerbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Cheryl AndersonHerbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA.
Bess MarcusDepartment of Behavioral and Social Sciences, Brown University, School of Public Health 121 South Main Street, Box G-S121-3, Providence, RI 02912-G, USA.
Kerri N BoutelleDepartment of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA; Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92037, USA; Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA.

Funding

Parent training program to improve outcomes in childhood obesity treatmentR01DK106157 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN DIEGO · PI RHEE, KYUNG E · 2016 to 2020
$3.3M
NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK106157
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Family-based behavioral treatment (FBT) is one of the most effective treatments for childhood obesity. These programs include behavior change strategies and basic parenting training to help parents make healthy diet and physical activity changes for their children. While effective, not all families respond to this program. Additional training on how to effectively deliver these behavior change strategies may improve outcomes. The authoritative parenting style is associated with many positive academic and socio-emotional outcomes in children, and is characterized by displays of warmth and support while also being consistent with setting limits and boundaries. This parenting style has also been associated with normal weight status. Furthermore, parenting training programs that promote this parenting style for children with behavioral issues have shown unintended effects on decreasing child weight status. Therefore, our goal was to examine the effect of adding more intensive parenting training to FBT on child weight status. We randomized 140 children and their parent to either FBT or FBT + Parenting Training (FBT + PT). Assessments were conducted at baseline, mid-treatment (month 3), post-treatment (month 6), 6-month follow-up (month 12), and 12-month follow-up (month 18). Primary outcome was change in child weight status. Secondary outcomes were rates of drop-out, treatment adherence, and acceptability. If effective, this program may provide another alternative for families to help improve outcomes in childhood obesity management.

Indexed as

Behavior TherapyExerciseParentingPediatric ObesityChildChild, PreschoolDiet, HealthyFamily TherapyFemaleHumansMaleParentsResearch DesignChildhood obesityFamily-based treatmentIntensive lifestyle interventionParenting styleWeight management

Identifiers

PMID38704118
PMCPMC12757116

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