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| ID | Type | Description | Link |
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| PJT - 169013 | Other Grant/Funding Number | Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) |
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The project will evaluate the short- and long-term effects of a 10-week Family Healthy Living Program (FHLP). The program is designed for families with children ages 8-12 years old who are at risk for being above a healthy weight and who would like support with healthy living habits such as physical activity and healthy eating.
Families will participate together, with both parents and children being involved in the program. FHLP participants will receive 9 weekly 2-hour online group sessions with a facilitation team as well as additional web-based resources. They will be compared to a control group of participating families who will be offered only the self-guided web-based resources. This will help us see the impact of offering facilitated FHLP group sessions versus only offering resources online. The FHLP is 10 weeks long, but participants will be followed for 12 months in total so that researchers can look at the long-term impact of participation.
All participating families from both groups will be asked to complete surveys and provide child height and weight measurements at four timepoints: before beginning the program, immediately after completing the program, at 6-months post-program, and at 12-months post-program. Children will also be given FitBit activity watches to measure their daily step counts at each timepoint.
Researchers will compare survey responses, child growth patterns, and FitBit step counts between the FHLP participants and the control group to see whether participating in the FHLP helps families improve their healthy living habits more than only offering a similar curriculum of healthy living resources online for families to access on their own.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| Family Healthy Living Program Intervention Group | Experimental |
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| Self-Guided Web Only Group | Other |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| Family Healthy Living Program weekly group sessions | Behavioral | Children aged 8-12 and at least one caregiver will meet for 9 weekly virtual group intervention sessions (2 hours per session) with program facilitators and will also have access to a virtual Q and A session and up to 3 virtual cooking classes with a Registered Dietician. During the intervention, participants will also have access to digital educational content that is supplementary to what is provided during the individual sessions. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Child BMI Z-scores | Participants will be asked to self-report measurements of each child's height, weight and age to calculate BMI. Children's BMI z-scores will be calculated based on the World Health Organization criteria. This data will be collected at baseline, 10-week, 6-month and 12-month assessments. | From enrollment to 12 month follow-up |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Improving lifestyle behaviours and quality of life in children | Parents will complete a questionnaire assessing parent support for healthy family lifestyle environment and changes in their child's health-related quality of life. Children will complete questionnaires to assess their physical activity behaviours and dietary behaviours. These questionnaires will be completed at baseline, 10-week, 6-month and 12-month assessments. |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Sam Liu | University of Victoria | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| University of Victoria | Victoria | British Columbia | V8P 5C2 | Canada |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 41085996 | Derived | Jantzen RR, Naylor PJ, Strange K, Ball GDC, Masse LC, Rhodes RE, Zhang X, Nolan RP, Zheng S, Rac V, Liu S. Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Family-Based Lifestyle Intervention for Managing Childhood Overweight: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial. JMIR Res Protoc. 2025 Oct 14;14:e76837. doi: 10.2196/76837. |
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Individual participant data will only be shared with co-investigators.
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| ID | Term |
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| D009765 | Obesity |
| D050177 | Overweight |
| D009043 | Motor Activity |
| ID | Term |
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| D044343 | Overnutrition |
| D009748 | Nutrition Disorders |
| D009750 | Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases |
| D001835 | Body Weight |
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| D018479 | Early Intervention, Educational |
| ID | Term |
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| D002662 | Child Health Services |
| D003153 | Community Health Services |
| D006296 | Health Services |
| D005159 | Health Care Facilities Workforce and Services |
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| Self-guided Web Portal Resources Only | Behavioral | Children aged 8-12 and at least one caregiver will be offered access to digital educational content and downloadable resources on topics such as physical activity, healthy eating, and positive mental well-being. |
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| From enrollment to 12 month follow-up |
| Child physical activity measurements | Changes in physical activity for the child will be measured using FitBit activity trackers. One week of daily step counts will be captured at baseline, 10-week, 6-month and 12-month assessments. | From enrollment to 12 month follow-up |
| D012816 |
| Signs and Symptoms |
| D013568 | Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms |
| D001519 | Behavior |
| D011314 | Preventive Health Services |