Primary Prevention of Obesity in American Indian Youth in Rural Tribal Schools

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Conditions studied: Obesity Prevention, School Wellness Policy

In brief

The goal of this study is to learn if a culturally relevant health promotion curricula prevents obesity among 4th graders in rural tribal schools. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1) Does the health promotion curricula intervention increase diet and physical activity behaviors in 4th grade students? Researchers will compare 4th grade classes who will receive intervention at two intervention schools to 4th grades at two comparison schools who will not receive the intervention. All participants will have their skin carotenoids assessed using Veggie Meter, complete 24-hour diet recall via telephone, height and weight measured, body composition, answer two surveys about perceptions of their school environment practices and diet patterns at school, wear accelerometers for 7 days

Key facts

Study ID
NCT06864468
Run by
Northern Arizona University
People needed
120
Starts
2025-08-26
Expected to finish
2027-05-01
Last updated by the study team
2025-11-20

Who can join

Age: 8 and older, up to 10. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

Where it is running

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