NCT02029976

School Nurse-directed Secondary Obesity Prevention for Elementary School Children

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 264 (actual)
• Sponsor: Temple University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 8 Years – 12 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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.

Detailed description

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.

Conditions

• Overweight
• Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	SNAPSHOT (Student, Nurses and Parents Seeking Healthy Options Together)	attention control condition after school weight management program
BEHAVIORAL	Mailed monthly newsletters	Newsletters

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-04-01
• Primary completion: 2019-08-01
• Completion: 2019-08-01
• First posted: 2014-01-08
• Last updated: 2020-07-23
• Results posted: 2020-07-23

Locations

3 sites across 1 country: United States