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Background and study aims The aim of this study is to test a new website to improve childhood obesity management in primary care and assess the need for a larger study. The website will guide a practice nurse or general practitioner (GP) through a consultation with an overweight child. It will prompt the health professional to collect information on the child and their lifestyle habits. The tool then uses this information to estimate a child’s current risk of having cardiovascular (heart disease) risk factors and emotional/behavioural difficulties, and to provide tailored weight management advice. Who can participate? The study population will be children and parents with concerns about the child’s weight (child age range: 5 to 18 years). We intend to recruit four GP practices in London, all of which will use the intervention. What does the study involve? Participants will attend a consultation with a health professional, who will use the website during the consultation. The health professional will take a few simple measurements from the child (height, weight and blood pressure) and will ask a series of questions regarding lifestyle habits. This information will be recorded by the tool, which will then identify children at an increased risk of having weight-related illnesses. The tool will also produce a weight and lifestyle management plan for the child. After the consultation is over, participants and health professionals will be asked to complete questionnaires about their experiences. In addition, individual interviews will be conducted with participants and health professionals to find out about their satisfaction with the consultation process and the acceptability of the website. What are the possible benefits and risks of participating? A potential benefit from taking part in this study is that participants will receive information about health risks and weight management that may help them make healthy lifestyle changes. A possible risk of study participation relates to risk predictions. Because the tool uses a prediction model to estimate a child's risk of having an illness, there is a chance for false positives (identifying a child as high risk when in fact the child is not at high risk) and false negatives (identifying a child as low risk when in fact the child is at high risk). This could lead to unnecessary subsequent medical testing or consultations, or fail to identify a high-risk child, respectively. Where is the study run from? London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine (UK). When is the study starting and how long is it expected to run for? The study ran from September 2012 to February 2013. Who is funding the study? National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) (UK). Who is the main contact? Áine Skow [email protected]

Critère d'inclusion

• obesity

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• isrctn
• ictrp