New study aims to level the playing field for overweight teens
NCT ID NCT01688453
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tested whether giving extra support—like cooking classes, motivational talks, and financial help for physical activity—to overweight teens from less advantaged backgrounds helps them manage their weight as well as standard care helps teens from more advantaged backgrounds. About 1,689 high school students in France took part. The goal was to see if these added services could reduce social inequalities in access to weight management care.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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1,689 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Apr 2012
- Finished
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Nov 2015
- Lead sponsor
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A government agency
The lead sponsor is a government body.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- Ages
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13 to 17 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Inclusion criteria * Attending grade 9 or 10 in one of the 35 state-run school of the Vosges department and be in a general, technological or vocational course, * Aged ≤ 18 years old, * not giving written refusal to participate in the trial, * able to complete a questionnaire, * overweight or obese according to the IOTF criteria (for BMI) and the McCarthy criteria (for waist circumference) and/or have a high eating disorder score, and/or express the need for management of excess weight, * confirmed as corresponding to the 4 previous inclusion criteria by the physician, with elimination of adolescents with false-positive BMI (particularly athletic adolescents), * agree to an overweight and obesity care management program.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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School
Nancy, Vosges, France
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