Randomized, controlled trial of a best-practice individualized behavioral program for treatment of childhood overweight : Scottish Childhood Overweight Treatment Trial (SCOTT)

Hughes, Adrienne R and Stewart, Laura and Chapple, Jan and McColl, John H and Donaldson, Malcolm D C and Kelnar, Christopher J H and Zabihollah, Mehran and Ahmed, Faisal and Reilly, John J (2008) Randomized, controlled trial of a best-practice individualized behavioral program for treatment of childhood overweight : Scottish Childhood Overweight Treatment Trial (SCOTT). Pediatrics, 121 (3). e539 -e546. (https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2007-1786)

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Abstract

The objective of this study was to determine whether a generalizable best-practice individualized behavioral intervention reduced BMI z score relative to standard dietetic care among overweight children. The design consisted of an assessor-blinded, randomized, controlled trial involving 134 overweight children (59 boys, 75 girls; BMI ≥ 98th centile relative to United Kingdom 1990 reference data for children aged 5–11 years) who were randomly assigned to a best-practice behavioral program (intervention) or standard care (control). The intervention used family-centered counseling and behavioral strategies to modify diet, physical activity, and sedentary behavior. BMI z score, weight, objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behavior, fat distribution, quality of life, and height z score were recorded at baseline and at 6 and 12 months. The intervention had no significant effect relative to standard care on BMI z score from baseline to 6 months and 12 months. BMI z score decreased significantly in both groups from baseline to 6 and 12 months. For those who complied with treatment, there was a significantly smaller weight increase in those in the intervention group compared with control subjects from baseline to 6 months. There were significant between-group differences in favor of the intervention for changes in total physical activity, percentage of time spent in sedentary behavior, and light-intensity physical activity. A generalizable, best-practice individualized behavioral intervention had modest benefits on objectively measured physical activity and sedentary behavior but no significant effect on BMI z score compared with standard care among overweight children. The modest magnitude of the benefits observed perhaps argues for a longer-term and more intense intervention, although such treatments may not be realistic for many health care systems.

ORCID iDs

Hughes, Adrienne R ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8602-1299, Stewart, Laura, Chapple, Jan, McColl, John H, Donaldson, Malcolm D C, Kelnar, Christopher J H, Zabihollah, Mehran, Ahmed, Faisal and Reilly, John J ORCID logoORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6165-5471;
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