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School Nurse-directed Secondary Obesity Prevention for Elementary School Children

NCT02029976•Temple University

Summary

Primary Aim: To test the efficacy of an elementary school-based, school nurse-led weight management program to reduce excess weight gain among children, 8 to 12 years old who are overweight and at risk of overweight by increasing healthy dietary practices and physical activity levels and decreasing sedentary practices. Primary Hypothesis: Relative to the control condition, the children receiving the intervention will have a significantly lower body mass index (BMI), following implementation of the 9-month intervention, controlling for baseline values.

Detailed Description

Primary Hypothesis: Relative to the control condition, the children receiving the intervention will have a significantly lower body mass index (BMI), following implementation of the 9-month intervention, controlling for baseline values.

Eligibility

Age

8 - 12 years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion Criteria

•3rd 4th and 5th grade student the year the intervention is implemented,
•≥ 8 and ≤ 12 years old,
•age- and gender-adjusted BMI ≥ 75th percentile,
•child must live in a primary residence with the participating parent

Exclusion Criteria

•plans to move outside the school district within the next 12 months,
•food allergies,
•physical limitations,
•medical conditions that prohibit participation in the intervention program or measurement,
•does not speak and write in English.

Locations (3)

University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, Massachusetts, United States

University of Minnesota School of Nursing

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Temple University

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States

Key Dates

Start Date

April 1, 2014

Primary Completion Date

August 1, 2019

Completion Date

August 1, 2019

Last Updated

July 23, 2020

Enrollment

264

ACTUAL participants

Conditions

OverweightObesity

Interventions

SNAPSHOT (Student, Nurses and Parents Seeking Healthy Options Together)

BEHAVIORAL

Mailed monthly newsletters

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