Pilot RCT of an Obesity Intervention for Primary Care Pediatrics: Helping HAND

Exclusion Criteria

• •1\) Parent unable to read or write in English or Spanish.
• •2\) Parent or child unable to participate in counseling sessions in English or Spanish
• •3\) Child with BMI =/\> 99%tile
• •4\) Child with medical consequences of obesity (such as hypertension, hypercholesterolemia, insulin resistance, type 2 diabetes) that would require treatment and not prevention.
• •5\) Child on medications (such as oral steroids, stimulants, or anti-psychotic medications) that can affect their weight status
• •6\) Child with medical problems that could influence their diet or physical activity or make it difficult for that child to participate in a behavior change program (such as mental retardation, neurologic disorders, severe food allergies or severe cardiac or pulmonary disease that restricts their activities).
• •7\) Parents who participated in interviews during the developmental phase of Helping HAND
• •8\) Family currently participating in other weight treatment of prevention programs