549
Participants
Start Date
August 31, 2012
Primary Completion Date
December 31, 2014
Study Completion Date
February 28, 2015
BMI screening
Physician screening of patients to identify patients who are overweight or obese.
Next Steps brief clinical intervention
This intervention included identification of children who were overweight or obese, and Next Steps brief counseling materials for the healthcare provider (prior to enrollment in the intervention).
MEND/CATCH
MEND 2-5 and MEND/CATCH 6-12 programs are multi-component interventions including behavioral, nutrition, and physical activity sessions. In the intensive (first 3 months) phase, MEND 2-5 entailed nine weekly sessions and MEND 6-12 entailed 18 twice weekly sessions.
MEND/CATCH Transition Phase
The transition phase (next 9 months of the 12-month program) included monthly 90-minute sessions for parents and children included MEND reviews, cooking classes, Being Well book, CATCH activities and MEND World activities. Children were enrolled in YMCA sports teams or programs offered twice weekly to encourage physical activity. Weekly text messages were sent to parents to reinforce behavioral objectives of the intervention.
Next Steps Self-Paced Booklet
Next Steps booklet for parents and children to work on nutrition and physical activity targets in a self-directed manner. Families were encouraged to seek repeated clinical visits to address child obesity as a follow up to the self-paced booklet.
Collaborators (1)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
FED
Baylor College of Medicine
OTHER
Seton Healthcare Family
OTHER
Texas Department of State Health Services
OTHER
Duke University
OTHER
City University of New York, School of Public Health
OTHER
The University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston
OTHER