Improving Bone Health in Adolescent Girls: The Youth Osteoporosis and Understanding Total Health (YOUTH) Study

Completed · Phase 1

Conditions studied: Osteoporosis

In brief

Osteoporosis affects nearly half of all American women over age 50. During the teenage years, girls can increase bone growth to decrease their risk of osteoporosis later in life. This study will test whether girls can change their food intake and physical activity patterns in ways that will increase their bone growth during the mid-teen years.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00067600

Run by

Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD)

People needed

228

Starts

2000-08-01

Expected to finish

2003-09-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-10-29

Who can join

Age: 14 and older, up to 16. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• High school freshman or sophomore
• Body mass index (BMI) from 16 through 23
• Member of Kaiser Permanente Northwest Health Plan
• Parent or guardian willing to participate

You may not qualify if…

• Co-morbidity requiring a specific diet
• Medication which contraindicates consuming a high-fiber diet
• Life-threatening disease or other condition that would interfere with study participation
• Current or past medically or self-diagnosed eating disorder
• Current behaviors consistent with eating-related disorder
• Pregnancy
• Diagnosis of psychological disorder or difficulty within the past year

Where it is running

• Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research — Portland, Oregon, United States

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