School Nurse-directed Secondary Obesity Prevention for Elementary School Children
Completed · Not applicable
Conditions studied: Overweight, Obesity
In brief
Primary Aim: To test the efficacy of an elementary school-based, school nurse-led weight management program to reduce excess weight gain among children, 8 to 12 years old who are overweight and at risk of overweight by increasing healthy dietary practices and physical activity levels and decreasing sedentary practices. Primary Hypothesis: Relative to the control condition, the children receiving the intervention will have a significantly lower body mass index (BMI), following implementation of the 9-month intervention, controlling for baseline values.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT02029976
- Run by
- Temple University
- People needed
- 264
- Starts
- 2014-04-01
- Expected to finish
- 2019-08-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2020-07-23
Who can join
Age: 8 and older, up to 12. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
Where it is running
- University of Massachusetts Amherst — Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
- University of Minnesota School of Nursing — Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States
- Temple University — Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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