Reducing Health Disparities in Childhood Obesity

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Conditions studied: Obesity

In brief

In this study, we will address cost barriers to participating in summer programs and hypothesize this will lead to marked improvements in children's obesogenic behaviors and a reduction in excessive, unhealthy weight gain over summer.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04072549

Run by

University of South Carolina

People needed

651

Starts

2019-08-26

Expected to finish

2024-05-01

Last updated by the study team

2026-05-22

Who can join

Age: 6 and older, up to 10. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• 1st through 3rd grade students in the participating schools.

You may not qualify if…

• The only exclusion criteria will be the diagnosis of an intellectual disability, such as:
• Autism Spectrum Disorder Down Syndrome Fragile X Fetal Alcohol and/or a physical disability, such as wheelchair use
• This decision was made because of the added resources required to evaluate these children, as well as the inability to sample enough of these children to adequately draw conclusions.
• No other exclusion criteria will be used.

Where it is running

• University of South Carolina — Columbia, South Carolina, United States
• Michael Beets — Columbia, South Carolina, United States

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