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Modifying the Home Television Watching Environment

This study has been completed.
Information provided by National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

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Descriptive Information Fields

Brief Title ^†

Modifying the Home Television Watching Environment

Official Title ^†

Modifying the Home Television Watching Environment

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if limiting television (TV) and computer time will result in a stabilization or smaller increase in body mass index (BMI), lower energy intake, and increased physical activity in 4-7 year old obese (>85th BMI percentile) children over two years.

Detailed Description

There is a positive correlation between obesity and television watching in adults and children. And, television watching, controlling for current obesity, is a predictor of future obesity. Almost half of all children watch 3 or more hours of television each day. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends that children watch no more than 1-2 hours each day.

Families will be randomized to one of two conditions. Half the families will be taught to use the TV Allowance to reduce their child's TV and computer use by one-half over a six month period and the other half will use the device to monitor TV watching (control group). This study uses TV Allowance units to monitor home television watching, video game playing, and computer use. The TV Allowance can also be used to limit the amount of TV and computer use by programming it to allow a specific number of hours for each family member. Heights, weights, food intake, and physical activity will be measured at baseline and every six months. The purpose of this study is to determine if limiting television and computer time will result in a stabilization or smaller increase in BMI, lower energy intake, and increased physical activity in 4-7 year old obese (>85th BMI percentile) children over two years.

Study Phase

Study Type ^†

Interventional

Study Design ^†

Prevention, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study

Primary Outcome Measure ^†

Secondary Outcome Measure ^†

Condition ^†

Obesity
Body Weight Changes

Intervention ^†

Behavioral: Behavior modification

MEDLINE PMIDs

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Recruitment Information Fields

Recruitment Status ^†

Completed

Enrollment ^†

Start Date ^†

September 2002

Completion Date

May 2007

Eligibility Criteria ^†

Greater than the 85th BMI percentile
Minimum of 15 hours of TV watching, computer use, and video game playing per week
No medical conditions that may affect the child's ability to safely participate in physical activity

Gender

Both

Ages

4 Years to 7 Years

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Contacts ^††

Location Countries ^†

United States

Administrative Information Fields

NCT ID ^†

NCT00065052

Organization ID

MODHTV

Secondary IDs ^††

1R01 DK63442

Study Sponsor ^†

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Collaborators ^††

Investigators ^†

Principal Investigator:

Leonard H. Epstein, Ph.D.

State Universtiy of New York at Buffalo, Department of Pediatrics

Information Provided By

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

Verification Date

November 2007

First Received Date ^†

July 16, 2003

Last Updated Date

November 29, 2007

^† Required WHO trial registration data element.
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