ACTION PAC: Adolescents Committed to Improvement of Nutrition & Physical Activity



Status:Active, not recruiting
Conditions:Obesity Weight Loss
Therapuetic Areas:Endocrinology
Healthy:No
Age Range:13 - 20
Updated:10/29/2017
Start Date:January 2014
End Date:July 2018

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Trial Summary
Trial Overview
Inclusion Criteria
Using a previously created weight management program for adolescents, the intervention will
be implemented through school-based health centers (SBHC) and will be delivered by SBHC
providers trained in Motivational Interviewing. Students at intervention school sites will be
compared to students at control school sites. All students will have baseline, 1 year, and 2
year follow-up to assess if students in the intervention school sites will have improved risk
factor profile for metabolic syndrome, improved nutrition and increased physical activity
when compared with students at control school sites.


Inclusion Criteria:

- enrolled in 9th or 10th grade at participating schools

Exclusion Criteria:

- blood pressure in the range of stage 2 hypertension

- previously diagnosed type 1 or type 2 diabetes

- use of corticosteroids, antipsychotics, metformin, antihypertensive medications, and
medications used for dyslipidemia

- inability to perform moderate to vigorous physical activity

- not ambulatory

- a score of 20 or more on EAT-26 screening measure

- developmental disorders that affect weight or ability to understand the study
procedures or counseling
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Alberta S Kong, MD, MPH
Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131
Phone: 505-274-4462
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