Reducing Television Viewing to Prevent Childhood Obesity

Completed · Phase 2/Phase 3

Conditions studied: Obesity, Cardiovascular Diseases

In brief

Randomized controlled trial to test the efficacy of reducing television, videotape and video game use to prevent obesity, increase physical activity, improve physical fitness, and decrease dietary fat and calorie intake among third grade children in twelve ethnically-diverse elementary schools.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00185770

Run by

Stanford University

People needed

900

Starts

1999-04-01

Last updated by the study team

2005-09-16

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• All 3rd grade students attending the participating elementary schools.

You may not qualify if…

• Unable to complete the study procedures

Where it is running

• Stanford University School of Medicine — Stanford, California, United States

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