U.S., Sept. 25 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07839832) titled 'Stanford Healthy Goals Study' on Sept. 18.
Brief Summary: Past modest, transient and highly variable outcomes from many behavioral treatments for pediatric obesity may be, in part, because of the psychological barriers children with obesity face when trying to control their weight. The goal of this randomized controlled trial is to test whether adding two innovative, brief, social psychological activities (termed "wise" interventions) to a high quality, family-based, group behavioral weight control program, will produce better outcomes among participating children with obesity.
The primary hypothesis is that children who receive t...