Healthy Opportunities for Physical Activity and Nutrition (HOP'N) After-School Project

Status unconfirmed · Phase 4

Conditions studied: Obesity Prevention

In brief

This study presents evaluates the effectiveness of the Healthy Opportunities for Physical Activity(HOP'N) After-School Program on preventing obesity in children. The investigators hypothesized that normal and overweight/obese children attending after-school sites randomized to the control condition will increase in weight status to a greater extent compared to children at sites randomized to receive the HOP'N program. The investigators also hypothesized that after-school intervention HOP'N sites will increase in physical activity and healthful eating opportunities compared to control sites.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01015599

Run by

Kansas State University

People needed

273

Starts

2005-08-01

Expected to finish

2008-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2010-04-30

Who can join

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

You may qualify if…

• after-school program participant in fourth grade group
• informed parental consent
• assent to participate in Body Mass Index assessment

You may not qualify if…

• third or fourth grade student
• participant in study in previous year

Where it is running

• Kansas State University — Manhattan, Kansas, United States

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