Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Family-Based Lifestyle Intervention for Managing Childhood Overweight: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

R Rebecca Jantzen   ¹ , MSc ;   Patti-Jean Naylor   ¹ , PhD ;   Karen Strange   ² , PhD ;   Geoff D C Ball   ³ , PhD ;   Louise C Mâsse   ^{4, 5} , PhD ;   Ryan E Rhodes   ¹ , PhD ;   Xuekui Zhang   ⁶ , PhD ;   Robert P Nolan   ⁷ , PhD ;   Sarah Zheng   ⁸ , PhD ;   Valeria Rac   ^{9, 10, 11} , MD, PhD ;   Sam Liu   ¹ , PhD

¹ School of Exercise Science, Physical & Health Education, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada

² Childhood Healthy Living Foundation, Victoria, BC, Canada

³ Pediatrics Department, Faculty of Medicine & Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada

⁴ School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada

⁵ BC Children's Hospital Research Institute, Vancouver, BC, Canada

⁶ Department of Mathematics & Statistics, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada

⁷ Behavioural Cardiology Research Unit, Department of Medicine, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada

⁸ Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada

⁹ Institute of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation, Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada

¹⁰ Program for Health System and Technology Evaluation, Ted Rogers Centre for Heart Research, Peter Munk Cardiac Centre, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada

¹¹ Diabetes Action Canada, CIHR SPOR Network, Toronto, ON, Canada