Clinical Trial: Development of Eating Disorders Symptoms Among Children

Study Status: Enrolling by invitation
Recruit Status: Enrolling by invitation
Study Type: Interventional




Official Title: Development of Eating Disorders Symptoms Among Children Who Took Part in Family-based Obesity Treatment and Among Their Siblings

Brief Summary:

Randomized Clinical Trial, the research will be composed of two parts in order to examine the research question: a combination of controlled randomized retrospective research and prospective cohort research

Prospective Cohort Research:

The research groups - families coming for treatment in "Active Maccabi" clinics in the Northern Region, Israel. Approximately 30 families.

Retrospective Random Controlled Research

  1. The research group - families that have completed an intervention program of "Active Maccabi" Northern Region, Israel,within the past two to three years. The families will be requested to attend a follow-up meeting of all family members in which they will answer questionnaires. Approximately 66 families.
  2. The control groups - families who did not participate in the program who have a child between the age 7-14 who has suffered from obesity/weight (over the past 2-3 years), in correlation with the child in the intervention group. Approximately 66 families.

Hypotheses of the research:

  1. Status of the weight of the child being treated and of his siblings will be higher than that at the end of the program.
  2. Indication of the obesogenic environment of families participating in the program will be lower in comparison with families not participating in the program.
  3. The rate of eating disorder symptoms among children who participated in the program will be lower in comparison with those of the obese/overweight child in families who were n