Implementation of a Pragmatic Child Weight Management Research Study in the Primary Care Setting: Key Facilitators and Challenges

Abstract

Program Goals: One in five children and one-third of adults have obesity. The TEAM UP project will compare weight changes in children and their parents participating in enhanced Standard of Care (eSOC), a treatment delivered by primary care providers (PCPs) that aligns with the American Medical Association guidelines for staged care of obesity, and eSOC + Family-based Behavioral Treatment (FBT), an evidence-based intervention delivered by trained health care providers (“health coaches”) that targets family-wide changes in diet and physical activity habits using behavior change techniques to …