The Effect of a Web-Based Behavioral Intervention on Physical Activity Levels in Adolescents

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Conditions studied: Health Behavior, Adolescent Behavior, Motivation

In brief

The primary purpose of this study is to test whether rewarding physical activity with a motivational website will increase physical activity levels in middle school-aged children over six months. As a secondary outcome, the study also tests the intervention's impact on biological measures of inflammation and metabolic function in a sub-set of study participants who agree to provide blood samples.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01433679

Run by

HopeLab Foundation

People needed

448

Starts

2011-09-01

Expected to finish

2012-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2012-07-16

Who can join

Age: 11 and older, up to 14. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Middle-school-aged students aged 11 to 14

You may not qualify if…

• Previously participation in a Zamzee pilot study
• Existing medical conditions or health complications that will interfere with the ability to be physically active
• Inability to read and write English

Where it is running

• Los Osos Middle School — Los Osos, California, United States
• Berkley Maynard Academy — Oakland, California, United States
• E.C. Reems Academy — Oakland, California, United States
• Judkins Middle School — Pismo Beach, California, United States
• Vista Academy of Visual and Performing Arts — Vista, California, United States
• West Virginia University — Morgantown, West Virginia, United States

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