Project Fun: Parents And Youth Together
| Status: | Completed |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Obesity Weight Loss |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Endocrinology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 9 - 15 |
| Updated: | 9/27/2017 |
| Start Date: | February 2013 |
| End Date: | March 2016 |
The proposed study is a continuation of a randomized, controlled pilot effectiveness trial
conducted in schools wherein the feasibility and completion of the trial by parents and
children will now additionally be examined in after school and YMCA connected programs.
The intervention for this study is Project FUN and Project FUN with Parents. Project FUN is
an 8 module online program for children in 4th through 8th grade. Project FUN with Parents is
a 6 module online program for their parent.
Children and parents will be recruited through the afterschool and YMCA connected programs.
Those agreeing to participate will be randomly assigned to a first intervention or second
intervention session (waiting list control group). Surveys and measures will be collected for
everyone pre-intervention, after the first session completion and after the second session
completion to create a waiting list control group.
Hypothesis 1: Body composition and dietary fat of children who complete Project FUN and have
a parent complete Project FUN with Parents will be lower on completion than children who only
complete instruments.
Hypothesis 2: Fruit and vegetable intake, physical activity and fitness of children who
complete Project FUN and have a parent complete Project FUN with Parents will be greater on
completion than children who only complete instruments.
conducted in schools wherein the feasibility and completion of the trial by parents and
children will now additionally be examined in after school and YMCA connected programs.
The intervention for this study is Project FUN and Project FUN with Parents. Project FUN is
an 8 module online program for children in 4th through 8th grade. Project FUN with Parents is
a 6 module online program for their parent.
Children and parents will be recruited through the afterschool and YMCA connected programs.
Those agreeing to participate will be randomly assigned to a first intervention or second
intervention session (waiting list control group). Surveys and measures will be collected for
everyone pre-intervention, after the first session completion and after the second session
completion to create a waiting list control group.
Hypothesis 1: Body composition and dietary fat of children who complete Project FUN and have
a parent complete Project FUN with Parents will be lower on completion than children who only
complete instruments.
Hypothesis 2: Fruit and vegetable intake, physical activity and fitness of children who
complete Project FUN and have a parent complete Project FUN with Parents will be greater on
completion than children who only complete instruments.
Addressing the epidemic of obesity is a national priority. Currently almost a third of
children and two thirds of adults are overweight or obese. Obesity-related chronic health
problems originating in childhood are often life-long. Overweight and obesity result from
detrimental patterns of dietary intake and physical activity. These obesity-producing
lifestyles are established in childhood and are often carried into adulthood, when they
become more refractory to change. Research has demonstrated that programs involving parents
and children in a family context have been the most effective in preventing and treating
childhood obesity.
Research Question 1: How many parents and children agree to participate, complete data
collection and complete at least 80% of the intervention? Research Question 2: What reasons
are given by those not completing the protocol and what suggestions are offered by those who
do complete the protocol? Research Question 3: What is the relationship of parent or child
perceptions of authoritative parenting, child perceptions of family models and support for
healthy eating, physical activity, or reduced sedentary time, and of parenting stress,
self-efficacy, confidence, and eating behavior on child BMI? Research Question 4: Do parent
or child perceptions of authoritative parenting, diet, physical activity, fitness or body
composition; child perceptions of family models and support for healthy eating, physical
activity, or reduced sedentary time; or parent perceptions of parenting stress,
self-efficacy, confidence, and eating behavior change across the study time period? Research
Question 5: Are there relationships between study completion and child or parent BMI, child
or parent gender, parenting stress, self-efficacy, confidence, and eating behavior?
children and two thirds of adults are overweight or obese. Obesity-related chronic health
problems originating in childhood are often life-long. Overweight and obesity result from
detrimental patterns of dietary intake and physical activity. These obesity-producing
lifestyles are established in childhood and are often carried into adulthood, when they
become more refractory to change. Research has demonstrated that programs involving parents
and children in a family context have been the most effective in preventing and treating
childhood obesity.
Research Question 1: How many parents and children agree to participate, complete data
collection and complete at least 80% of the intervention? Research Question 2: What reasons
are given by those not completing the protocol and what suggestions are offered by those who
do complete the protocol? Research Question 3: What is the relationship of parent or child
perceptions of authoritative parenting, child perceptions of family models and support for
healthy eating, physical activity, or reduced sedentary time, and of parenting stress,
self-efficacy, confidence, and eating behavior on child BMI? Research Question 4: Do parent
or child perceptions of authoritative parenting, diet, physical activity, fitness or body
composition; child perceptions of family models and support for healthy eating, physical
activity, or reduced sedentary time; or parent perceptions of parenting stress,
self-efficacy, confidence, and eating behavior change across the study time period? Research
Question 5: Are there relationships between study completion and child or parent BMI, child
or parent gender, parenting stress, self-efficacy, confidence, and eating behavior?
Inclusion Criteria:
- Children in 4th through 8th grade and a parent(s)who can read and write English. Must
be able to come to Marquette University or Milwaukee area YMCA for pre and post test
data collection and to complete online modules.
Exclusion Criteria:
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