Family-based, healthy living intervention for children with overweight and obesity and their families: a 'real world' trial protocol using a randomised wait list control design.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

Family-based behavioural weight management interventions are efficacious and widely used to address childhood obesity. Curriculum and strategies vary extensively and scale-up often depends on ensuring that the intervention fits the adoption context.

Aims and objectives

To evaluate the impact and implementation of a 'made in British Columbia' (BC) family-based early intervention programme (EIP) for 8-12 years old with overweight and obesity and their families.

Methods and analysis

A randomised waitlist-control trial will assess a 10-week interactive, family-based lifestyle intervention followed by four maintenance sessions, in BC, Canada. We aim to enrol 186 families. The blended intervention includes at least 26 contact hours between participants and prog

SUBMITTER: Liu S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6830831 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature