New Moves - Obesity Prevention Among Adolescent Girls

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Conditions studied: Obesity

In brief

The New Moves study will evaluate the impact of a school based program for inactive high school girls who are overweight or at risk for being overweight due to low levels of physical activity. The primary study hypothesis is that girls in the intervention schools will significantly decrease their percent body fat as compared to girls in the control schools. Secondary research hypotheses include that girls in the intervention condition will significantly increase their physical activity levels and improve the quality of their dietary intake.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00250497

Run by

University of Minnesota

People needed

356

Starts

2005-09-01

Expected to finish

2009-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2019-11-01

Who can join

Age: 14 and older, up to 19. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• High school girls
• Low levels of physical activity - defined as being in precontemplation, contemplation, or preparation stages of change for physical activity with activity levels at, or below, 30 minutes per day/three days per week outside of school physical education class
• Priority will be given to girls with a body mass index (BMI) greater than or equal to the 75th percentile for age and gender

You may not qualify if…

• BMI less than the 25th percentile for age and gender

Where it is running

• University of Minnesota Division of Epidemiology and Community Health — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

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