Mindfulness Training to Promote Healthy Diet and Physical Activity in Teens

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Overweight, Obesity

In brief

This project will compare the preliminary efficacy of a novel school-delivered intervention, mindfulness plus health education intervention, to health education alone on dietary and physical activity habits in adolescents. This study has important public health implications because of the negative consequences of unhealthy diets and lack of exercise on health, such as obesity, cardiovascular disease and diabetes. If effective, this intervention has high potential for translation to high school settings

Key facts

Study ID

NCT01975896

Run by

University of Massachusetts, Worcester

People needed

53

Starts

2014-09-01

Expected to finish

2015-06-01

Last updated by the study team

2015-07-08

Who can join

Age: 12 and older, up to 15. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Inclusion criteria: (1) enrolled in 9th grade, (2) no prior mindfulness training; (3) English-speaking with at least one English-speaking parent/guardian.

You may not qualify if…

• Exclusion Criteria: (1) planning to move out of the area within the next 8 months, (2) unable or unwilling to provide informed assent (adolescent) and parental consent, (3) diagnosis of a serious psychiatric illness during the past 5 years (4) developmental delay that would prevent study participation.

Where it is running

• University of Massachusetts Medical School — Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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