An Acceptance-Based Healthy Lifestyle Intervention for Diverse Adolescents

Recruiting N/A Interventional Study
Overweight and Obesity
No Placebo Group Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo. Healthy Volunteers Welcome You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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At a Glance
Age
14 – 19
Sex
Female
Study type
Interventional
Purpose
Treatment
Participants needed
148 (estimated)
Sponsor
Nemours Children's Clinic · Other
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About This Trial
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn about cardiovascular disease risk among adolescent girls with overweight/obesity. The main questions this trial aims to answer are: 1. Does an acceptance-based healthy lifestyle intervention demonstrate more weight loss than a health education intervention? 2. Does an acceptance-based healthy lifestyle intervention show more improvements in participants…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * Ages 14-19 * Gender identification as girl * BMI percentile ≥ 85th percentile for sex-and-age Exclusion Criteria: * Experience of weight loss of ≥5% of body weight in the past 6 months for any reason except post-partum weight loss * Having recently begun or changed the dosag…
Contacts

Stephanie Manasse, PhD

215-553-7157

smm522@drexel.edu

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