# FOLLOW-UP OF BEHAVIORAL CHILDHOOD OBESITY TREATMENT

> **NIH NIH R01** · STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO · 1994 · $251,608

## Abstract

Obese children are at an increased risk of becoming obese adults, with an
elevated risk of morbidity and mortality in comparison to non-obese
children. The development of powerful interventions that modify childhood
obesity and maintain these effects throughout development may decrease the
prevalence of adult obesity, and improve the health of these children as
adults. We have made initial progress in developing effective treatments
for obese children, and using these methods have shown significant
maintenance of treatment effects over ten year intervals, with the average
child being followed from ages 10-20. In these studies we have identified
two factors that appear important in treatment, targeting both parents and
children and use of exercise programs. In addition, we have documented a
variety of retrospective factors that were related to long term follow-up,
including dietary fat, self-monitoring weight, parent and friend support
for eating and exercise.

The proposed research is designed to initiate a new randomized, controlled
study to evaluate the effect of problem solving interventions for
childhood obesity treatment. Problem solving interventions have been
successfully used to treat a variety of child and adult problems, and the
initial research on obesity has been promising. The proposed study
randomizes families with obese children and parents to groups in which
both the parent and child receive problem solving training, the child
alone receives problem solving training, or a control group in which
neither parent nor child receive problem solving training. Families will
be provided a standardized six month intervention, with follow-up meetings
at 12, 24 and 36 months. Problem solving will be assessed using laboratory
and at home measurements. Family support for eating and exercise change
and intake and expenditure measures will also be collected.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 2198099
- **Project number:** 2R01HD020829-09
- **Recipient organization:** STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT BUFFALO
- **SAM.gov UEI:** LMCJKRFW5R81
- **Principal Investigator:** Leonard H Epstein
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 1994
- **Award amount:** $251,608
- **Award type:** 2
- **Project period:** 1985-12-01 → 1998-03-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/2198099

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 2198099, FOLLOW-UP OF BEHAVIORAL CHILDHOOD OBESITY TREATMENT (2R01HD020829-09). Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-25 from https://api.morvs.ai/grant/nih/2198099. Licensed CC0.

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