Overview
This clinical trial aims to compare the adiposity and weight status among mother-child dyads with overweight or obesity who receive the Fam-Ce-HLP intervention with the mother-child dyads with overweight or obesity who did not receive the intervention. The main question[s] it aims to answer are:
- Is there a significant difference in the adiposity and weight status of mother-child dyads with overweight or obesity who received the Fam-Ce-HLP intervention compared with the mother-child dyads with overweight or obesity who did not receive the intervention?
- Is there a significant difference in the health behaviors, obesity stage level, and ripple effect of mother-child dyads with overweight or obesity who received the Fam-Ce-HLP intervention compared with the mother-child dyads with overweight or obesity who did not receive the intervention? Participants will be asked to attend a seven-month program comprising two primary therapies: a three-month intensive behavioral therapy (IBT) and a four-month maintenance behavioral therapy (MBT).
Researchers will compare the intervention group with the treatment-as-usual group (control group) to see if there is a difference in adiposity, weight status, health behaviors, obesity stage level, and ripple effect.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria:
- Mother and child dyads with the presence of overweight or obesity (stages 0 to 2)
- Being Omani
- Mother age 18 years or more
- Child age 6 to 12 years
- Mother understand, write, and read in Arabic
- Eligible to receive the health center's services based on their area of residence
- Has medical clearance to participate in individual exercise sessions
- Ability to understand study procedures and to comply with them for the entire length of the study.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Mother or child currently receiving an obesity-related program
- Mother or child currently on obesity-related procedures
- Mother or child with a history of obesity-related surgeries in the last 5 years
- Mother or child is in obesity stage 3 or 4 based on the Edmonton obesity staging system
- Mother who is pregnant during the study time