School-Based Obesity Prevention Program - Tabular View

Tracking Information

First Received Date ^ICMJE

August 31, 2005

Last Updated Date

November 16, 2005

Start Date ^ICMJE

October 2002

Primary Completion Date

Current Primary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Weightloss
Weight maintenance

Original Primary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Same as current

Change History

Complete list of historical versions of study NCT00142012 on ClinicalTrials.gov Archive Site

Current Secondary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Risk for overweight status (BMI 85th to 95th percentile)
BMI z-scores, calculated for a given age and gender, will show a greater decline in intervention subjects versus controls

Original Secondary Outcome Measures ^ICMJE

Same as current

Descriptive Information

Brief Title ^ICMJE

School-Based Obesity Prevention Program

Official Title ^ICMJE

School-Based Obesity Prevention Program

Brief Summary

The overarching goal of this initiative is to reduce the prevalence and occurrence of obesity and increase the remission of obesity in children and adolescents through implementation of a Comprehensive School Nutrition Policy designed to promote changes in the school environment that will reinforce students’ development of healthy eating and physical activity patterns inside and outside of school.

Detailed Description

The proposed research aims to evaluate the effects of a school-based nutrition policy initiative on prevalence, incidence and remission of overweight (BMI > 95th percentile). It is a partnership between the Food Trust, the School District of Philadelphia and the University of Pennsylvania. Participants are approximately 1500 students from ten schools in grades four through eight. Half of the schools were randomized to a comprehensive School Nutrition Policy Initiative (SNPI) based on CDC's Guidelines to Promote Lifelong Healthy Eating. The SNPI is a community-based intervention administered by the Comprehensive School Nutrition Policy Task Force that is comprised of 40 individuals representing the public and private sectors. The goal of the SNPI is to change the school environment to: support healthy eating, increase physical activity, and decrease the prevalence of childhood overweight and diet-related diseases. The remaining study participants are in five control schools, matched for ethnicity, SES, and type of food service. Most students are African American and qualify for free and reduced meals at school (household income < 185% of the poverty level adjusted for household size). Assessments of weight, height, intake, activity, inactivity and eating disorder symptomatology are being conducted at baseline and 1 and 2 years.

Study Phase

Study Type ^ICMJE

Interventional

Study Design ^ICMJE

Prevention, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Single Group Assignment, Efficacy Study

Condition ^ICMJE

Obesity

Intervention ^ICMJE

Behavioral: Nutrition Intervention

Study Arms / Comparison Groups

Publications *

* Includes publications given by the data provider as well as publications identified by National Clinical Trials Identifier (NCT ID) in Medline.

Recruitment Information

Recruitment Status ^ICMJE

Completed

Enrollment ^ICMJE

1500

Completion Date

June 2005

Primary Completion Date

Eligibility Criteria ^ICMJE

Inclusion Criteria:

Any child in 4th, 5th, 6th grades in study site schools

Exclusion Criteria:

Any child not in 4th, 5th, 6th in study site schools

Gender

Both

Ages

8 Years to 14 Years

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Contacts ^ICMJE

Contact information is only displayed when the study is recruiting subjects

Location Countries ^ICMJE

Administrative Information

NCT ID ^ICMJE

NCT00142012

Responsible Party

Study ID Numbers ^ICMJE

CDC-OPHR-321534

Study Sponsor ^ICMJE

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Collaborators ^ICMJE

University of Pennsylvania

Investigators ^ICMJE

Principal Investigator:

Gary D. Foster, PhD

U. of Pennsylvania

Information Provided By

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Verification Date

September 2005

^ICMJE Data element required by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors and the World Health Organization ICTRP