Randomized clinical trial of behavioral intervention and nutrition education to improve caloric intake and weight in children with cystic fibrosis.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To evaluate the efficacy of a behavioral plus nutrition education intervention, Be In CHARGE!, compared with that of a nutrition education intervention alone on caloric intake and weight gain in children with cystic fibrosis and pancreatic insufficiency.

Design

Randomized controlled trial.

Setting

Cystic fibrosis centers in the eastern, midwestern, and southern United States.

Participants

Seventy-nine children aged 4 to 12 years below the 40th percentile for weight for age were recruited. Sixty-seven completed the intervention and 59 completed a 24-month follow-up assessment.

Intervention

Comparison of a behavioral plus nutrition education intervention with a nutrition education intervention alone.

Main outcome measures

Primary outcomes

SUBMITTER: Stark LJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2811078 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature