Financial Incentives to Exercise for Adolescents

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Conditions studied: Insulin Resistance, Obesity, Sedentary Lifestyle

In brief

Among youth populations, American Indians have the highest prevalence of diabetes in the United States. This study will use exercise as the principal lifestyle modification approach to reduce the risk of diabetes in this population. The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma has several excellent, but underutilized wellness facilities in their Health Services Area in rural Southeast Oklahoma, a low socioeconomic region. It has been established that exercise lowers diabetes risk, and many overweight/obese, insulin resistant American Indian youth who live in this region would benefit from an increase in regular exercise. The challenge is to modify behavior so that routine exercise is established and maintained. The proposed study will test whether monetary incentives can elicit greater frequency and duration of exercise in American Indian youth when transportation and access barriers are reduced.

Key facts

Study ID
NCT01848353
Run by
University of Oklahoma
People needed
142
Starts
2013-05-01
Expected to finish
2017-05-01
Last updated by the study team
2019-04-03

Who can join

Age: 11 and older, up to 20. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

Where it is running

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