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Study NCT ID:
NCT00142012
Status:
COMPLETED
Last Update Posted:
2005-11-17
First Post:
2005-08-31
Brief Title:
School-Based Obesity Prevention Program
Sponsor:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Organization:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Study Overview
Official Title:
School-Based Obesity Prevention Program
Status:
COMPLETED
Status Verified Date:
2005-09
Last Known Status:
None
Delayed Posting:
No
If Stopped, Why?:
Not Stopped
Has Expanded Access:
False
If Expanded Access, NCT#:
N/A
Has Expanded Access, NCT# Status:
N/A
Acronym:
None
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 CDCs 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 Oversight
Has Oversight DMC:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Drug?:
None
Is a FDA Regulated Device?:
None
Is an Unapproved Device?:
None
Is a PPSD?:
None
Is a US Export?:
None
Is an FDA AA801 Violation?:
None