Scouting Nutrition and Activity Program

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Obesity

In brief

The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention designed to prevent obesity by improving the environmental characteristics of Girl Scouts troop meetings.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00949637

Run by

Kansas State University

People needed

76

Starts

2007-10-01

Expected to finish

2008-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-03-09

Who can join

Age: 8 and older, up to 12. Sex: female. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Girls had to be attending members of Girl Scouts in one of our included troops.
• The troop needed to be a registered Girl Scouts Juniors troop, consisting of girls primarily in the 4th and 5th grades.
• To be officially registered, the troop leaders were required to complete Girl Scout leader training and pass a criminal background check.
• To be included, the troops also needed to meet at least twice per month, have meeting facilities capable of allowing physical activity and food preparation.
• Also, troops needed to have initial agreement of leaders and parents for the troop to participate in a research study.

You may not qualify if…

• An inability to speak or read English.
• Troops not primarily composed of Girl Scouts Juniors, not regularly meeting during the study period, or not having leader and parental consensus approval for troop participation.

Where it is running

• Kansas State University — Manhattan, Kansas, United States

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