Enhancing BodyWorks: A Canine Health Literacy Module (BW)
Overweight and Obesity, Overweight Adolescents
About this trial
This is an interventional other trial for Overweight and Obesity focused on measuring Overweight, Obesity, children, adolescents, comprehensive family lifestyle intervention program, telehealth, BodyWorks, Human Animal Interaction
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
- Overweight/obese youth ages 9-17 years and their caregivers
- Own dog
Exclusion Criteria:
- Normal BMI
- Do not own dog
Sites / Locations
- AltaMed@CHLARecruiting
Arms of the Study
Arm 1
Arm 2
Experimental
Active Comparator
Intervention
Control
Half of the BodyWorks families will be randomized to the intervention group, and will receive a PAT for the children, the parents, and the dogs at the beginning of the cycle; the children will respond to EMA surveys using a cell phone; the children and the parents will receive the Canine health literacy module in addition to the BW curriculum.
Half of the BodyWorks participants will be randomized to the control group and will receive a PAT at the beginning of the cycle for the children, the parents, and the dogs, and the children will respond to EMA surveys using cell phones.