School Nurse-directed Secondary Obesity Prevention for Elementary School Children
| Status: | Active, not recruiting |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Obesity Weight Loss, Obesity Weight Loss |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Endocrinology |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 8 - 12 |
| Updated: | 5/4/2018 |
| Start Date: | April 2014 |
| End Date: | August 2019 |
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.
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.
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.
intervention will have a significantly lower body mass index (BMI), following implementation
of the 9-month intervention, controlling for baseline values.
Inclusion Criteria for child participants:
- 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 for child participants:
- 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.
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Minneapolis, Minnesota 55455
Principal Investigator: Martha Y Kubik, PhD
Phone: 612-625-0606
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