The Medical College of Georgia PLAY Project: Exercise Dose and Insulin Sensitivity in Obese Children

Completed · Phase 2

Conditions studied: Obesity, Type 2 Diabetes Prevention, Executive Function (Cognition)

In brief

The study is a behavioral clinical trial of aerobic exercise to determine dose-response effects on risk for type 2 diabetes, fatness, fitness, blood cholesterol levels, and other cardiovascular risk factors in overweight elementary schoolchildren. The hypothesis is that the more exercise a child does, the more benefit he or she will gain in reducing the risk of diabetes and other cardiovascular diseases. An ancillary study examined effects on cognition and achievement.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00108901

Run by

National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)

People needed

222

Starts

2003-06-01

Expected to finish

2007-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2014-12-24

Who can join

Age: 7 and older, up to 11. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Overweight, sedentary children
• Black or white race
• Attending specific schools in Augusta, GA area from which this study is recruiting

You may not qualify if…

• Unable to participate in testing or vigorous exercise program
• Diabetes
• Taking medication that would affect study results
• Sibling enrolled in project

Where it is running

• Georgia Prevention Institute, Medical College of Georgia — Augusta, Georgia, United States

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