NCT07514390Completed
Effects of Family-Based Health Behavior Development Program on Obesity Risk Factors and Body Mass Index in Obese and Overweight Primary School Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial
The Effect of Family-based Health Behavior Development Program on Obesity Risk Factors and Body Mass Index in Obese and Overweight Primary Scholl Children: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 7 Apr 2026
Brief summary (registry, in English)
The aim of this study was to examine the effects of the Family-Based Health Behavior Development Program (FHEBIP) on obesity risk factors and body mass index (BMI) to prevent the increasing prevalence of overweight and obesity in children. The randomized controlled trial sample consisted of 96 fourth-grade primary school students and their mothers in Aksaray province. Data were collected using questionnaires and the Family Nutrition and Physical Activity Scale, and height and weight measurements were taken. Ethics committee and institutional approvals were obtained.
- Status (registry)
- Completed
- Study type
- Interventional
- Enrollment
- 48 (actual)
- First submitted
- 24 Sept 2025
- Start date
- 1 May 2025
- Primary completion date
- 31 Oct 2025
- Lead sponsor
- Necmettin Erbakan University
- Diseases
- Obesity
- NCT number
- NCT07514390
What you commit to
- Study type: Interventional
- Participants enrolled: 48
- From 1 May 2025 to the primary completion date, 31 Oct 2025
- 1 site in 1 country
- Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them
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Who cannot take part
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Other illness
- Children with genetic disorders: Prader-Willi syndrome, Laurence-Moon-Biedl syndrome, Down syndrome, Cohen syndrome, Carpenter syndrome, Alstrom syndrome, Cowden syndrome, Turner syndrome, and other genetic diseases that cause obesity.
- Children with endocrine disorders: Cushing syndrome, growth hormone deficiency, hypothyroidism, hypothalamic disorders, insulinoma, hypogonadal syndromes, and polycystic ovary syndrome.
- Children with psychological disorders: Children taking lithium, tricyclic antidepressants, and other psychiatric disorders.
- Children with hypertension and chronic conditions.
- Children taking medications that cause obesity, including glucocorticoids, estrogen, and progesterone.
- Children with a BMI \<85th percentile.
- Mothers who do not speak advanced Turkish (this is intended to prevent potential communication problems due to Turkey being a country with high immigration).
Who the study is looking for
- Mothers must be the primary provider of nutrition at home,
- The child must be in fourth grade,
- Mothers must be open to and accept communication via email, SMS, and WhatsApp.
Age in the registry: 9 years to 10 years · Sex: All · Accepts healthy volunteers
Sites (1)
Sites in registry order. Pick your city on the disease page to sort them by distance.
| Site | City | Country | Site status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kılıçarslan Primary School, Selçuk Primary School, Emlak Kredi Primary School, Kamber Gülüzar Primary School and Hacı Mustafa Demir Primary School Coordinator of this site? Confirm its status | Aksaray | Turkey (Türkiye) | Unknown status |
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