Comparing family-based and cue-focused approaches for children with obesity who overeat
Compares several behavioral weight programs in children aged 7 to 12 with obesity who overeat.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- University of California, San Diego
- Where
- La Jolla and Minneapolis, United StatesSee the 2 sites
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Family, Responsibility, Education, Support, and Health for Food Responsiveness
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 280 people, planned
- Started
- 3 Apr 2024
- Expected to end
- 1 Jan 2029
- Type of study
- Interventional, 4 groupsOne group gets an existing treatment, for comparison.
- Treatments tested
- Regulation of Cues
- Family Based Behavioral Treatment
- Regulation of Cues +
- Health Education
- Record updated
- 11 May 2025
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for children aged 7-12 with overweight or obesity who respond strongly to food cues, together with a parent who prepares their food.
- Age
- Children aged 7 to 12 years.
- Sex
- All sexes can join.
- Disease stage
- Child with overweight or obesity (BMI at or above the 85th percentile) and a high food responsiveness score of 3.8 or higher on the CEBQ Food Responsiveness Scale.
- Earlier treatment
- The child must be on a stable dose of any medicine that can affect weight for at least 3 months. The child must not be taking medicine for weight loss.
Main reasons for not taking part
- Child with an acute psychiatric disorder (for example acute suicidality, recent hospitalization, psychosis, bulimia nervosa)
- Child with a serious chronic physical disease such as cystic fibrosis or type 1 diabetes
- Child taking medicine for weight loss
- Parent with an acute psychiatric disorder or moderate or severe alcohol or substance use disorder
- Close relative or household member with anorexia or bulimia nervosa
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- Informed assent and parental consent
- A child with overweight or obesity (≥ 85th BMI%) aged 7-12 years of age
- Child high on FR - High FR will be measured by the Food Responsiveness Scale via the CEBQ, with scores at a 3.8 or higher constituting a child with high FR
- A parent responsible for food preparation who is willing to participate and can read, speak and understand English at a minimum of a 5th grade level
- Family is willing to commit to attending all assessment and treatment sessions, agree to be randomized and participate in all aspects of potential treatments
- Child is on stable medication regimen for medications that can impact weight (3+ months)
- Child does not have medical conditions that limit ability to participate in physical activity for the duration of the study. Parent can participate in physical activity with their child or provide opportunities for the child to complete recommended physical activity
Who cannot take part
- Child who is taking medication for weight loss
- Acute child psychiatric disorder diagnoses (e.g., acute suicidality, recent hospitalization, psychosis, bulimia nervosa)
- Child diagnoses of a serious chronic physical disease (e.g., cystic fibrosis, type 1 diabetes) for which physician supervision of diet and exercise prescription may be warranted
- Acute parent psychiatric disorder (e.g., acute suicidality; recent hospitalization; psychosis, bipolar disorder, borderline personality disorder, moderate or severe alcohol or substance use disorder)
- First degree relative or someone in the household with anorexia or bulimia nervosa; Potential participants with medical or psychological diagnosis that could make adherence with the study protocol difficult or dangerous will not be included
Check if you might fit
Answer for yourself. This is not a decision: only the study team can say whether you can take part.
- Are you between 7 and 12 years old?
Where in United States
- UC San Diego Center for Healthy Eating and Activity Research (CHEAR)La Jolla, United StatesContact: Kaylen Moline, MPHTaking people
- Ambulatory Research Center - University of MinnesotaMinneapolis, United StatesContact: Carol Peterson, Ph.D.Taking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The objective of this proposed study is to compare Regulation of Cues (ROC), Family-Based Treatment (FBT), ROC+ nutrition education and reducing energy intake (ROC+) and a health education comparator (HE) for children with overweight or obesity who are high on food responsiveness (FR).
The 4 groups in the trial
- Regulation of CuesTreatment being tested
The ROC program provides psychoeducation, coping skills, self-monitoring and experiential learning targeting increasing satiety responsiveness and decreasing food cue responsiveness.
- Family-Based TreatmentExisting treatment, for comparison
The FBT program provides nutrition and physical activity education, behavior therapy skills, and parenting skills targeting changes in energy balance.
Treatment: Family Based Behavioral Treatment
- Regulation of Cues +Treatment being tested
The ROC+ program includes all of the components of ROC as well as nutrition education and reducing energy intake
- Health EducationExisting treatment, for comparison
The HE program provides information about nutrition, physical activity, sedentary behavior, sleep, emotions, and stress.
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Addressing Appetitive Traits to Promote Weight Management in Children Who Overeat
- Plain-language title
- Comparing family-based and cue-focused approaches for children with obesity who overeatGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
- Fit questions
- Built from NCT06207110, who can take part
- Record updated
- 11 May 2025