NCT02502383

ACTION PAC: Adolescents Committed to Improvement of Nutrition & Physical Activity

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 991 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of New Mexico · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 13 Years – 20 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Using a previously created weight management program for adolescents, the intervention will be implemented through school-based health centers (SBHC) and will be delivered by SBHC providers trained in Motivational Interviewing. Students at intervention school sites will be compared to students at control school sites. All students will have baseline, 1 year, and 2 year follow-up to assess if students in the intervention school sites will have improved risk factor profile for metabolic syndrome, improved nutrition and increased physical activity when compared with students at control school sites.

Conditions

• Overweight
• Obesity

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	ACTION PAC	School-based health center providers will use motivational interviewing to assist students with adopting strategies for improving nutrition and increasing physical activity. All participants will receive annual BMI and other health results discussion with clinical providers. Adolescents with overweight/obesity will meet with providers for 16 sessions over 2 years.
BEHAVIORAL	Communication with parents	A letter containing BMI and other health results and obesity prevention recommendations will be sent to parent/guardians.

Timeline

• Start date: 2014-02-01
• Primary completion: 2017-11-29
• Completion: 2017-11-29
• First posted: 2015-07-20
• Last updated: 2024-06-26
• Results posted: 2024-06-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States