NCT02411552

Systematic Initiative to Increase Activity in Schools

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 4,894 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Wisconsin, Madison · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 7 Years – 15 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

This initiative is a prospective study evaluating the effects of implementing physical activity strategies in Wisconsin schools with low socioeconomic status on childhood fitness.

Detailed description

This initiative is a prospective study evaluating the effects of implementing physical activity strategies in Wisconsin schools with low socioeconomic status on childhood fitness. Forty-nine schools participated in the study providing de-identified fitness data for students for 3 consecutive years. Twenty-five schools initiated physical activity interventions in year one and 24 schools initiating physical activity interventions in year two.

Conditions

• Obesity
• Cardiovascular Fitness

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	physical activity	4 strategies are: (1) increased activity time during physical education class, (2) active recess, (3) opportunities for activity before and after school, and (4) active classroom breaks

Timeline

• Start date: 2011-09-01
• Primary completion: 2014-05-01
• Completion: 2014-05-01
• First posted: 2015-04-08
• Last updated: 2015-04-08