Clinician Promotion of Healthy Diet and Activity to Reduce Obesity Among Adolescents: HEALTHY SMILES

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Obesity

In brief

This study will test an 18-month intervention designed to increase physical activity, reduce sedentary practices and promote healthy diets or reduce tobacco use and exposure among preteens who obtain orthodontic care. Relevance: If successful, this study may inform policies that would promote all specialists (orthodontists, physicians, general dentists) to deliver brief counseling for diet, physical activity, and tobacco prevention.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01510483

Run by

San Diego State University

People needed

693

Starts

2010-01-01

Expected to finish

2015-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2018-04-17

Who can join

Age: 8 and older, up to 14. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 8-14 years old
• receiving orthodontic care at a participating orthodontic office
• at least 1 year left in braces

You may not qualify if…

• participating in 9 or more months of structured
• organized sports for 3 or more days a week, youth who have serious conditions that preclude physical activity or make the child incapable of managing his/her own care will not qualify for this study
• individuals who report anorexia, bulimia or severe, diagnosed depression will not be eligible

Where it is running

• SDSU-Center for Behavioral Epidemiology & Community Health — San Diego, California, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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