Summer Weight and Environmental Assessment Trial

Completed

• Conditions: Childhood Obesity
• Interventions: Other: n/a - observational study

• Registration Number: NCT03010644
• Lead Sponsor: Ohio State University

Brief Summary

The consequences of childhood obesity are devastating, affecting the physical and mental health of children. Disadvantaged school-age children are at risk for unhealthy gains in BMI during the summer months and there is a dearth of information regarding the causal health behaviors and environmental factors. The overall objective of this application is to provide an in depth examination of key dietary and physical activity behaviors as well as the food, physical activity, and social environments of low-income, racial/ethnic school-age children. To achieve this goal, an observational study utilizing a multi-state prospective cohort design will be conducted with the goal of examining the weight gain trajectory among a racially and ethnically diverse convenience sample of disadvantaged school-age children who routinely attend structured programming during the summer months and those who don't participate in structured programming. In addition, a subset of these children will be evaluated to learn their daily health behaviors, as well as their food, physical activity, and social environments during the summer. Identification of determinants of program participation and factors that may enhance the beneficial effects of program participation will also occur. A social ecological framework approach will guide the research. This study can be expected to have a significant positive impact by providing information on the factors that protect disadvantaged children from unhealthy weight gain during the summer which can be used by stakeholders at the local, state, and federal level to reform current policy that will increase child participation in health promoting programming during the summer window of risk.

Detailed Description

Not available

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2016-12-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2017-01-03
• Study First Posted: 2017-01-05
• Study Start: 2017-05-01
• Status Verified: 2017-09
• Primary Completion: 2018-11-30
• Study Completion: 2018-12-31
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-03-11
• Last Update Posted: 2019-03-13

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 152

Inclusion Criteria

• School-aged children (rising kindergartners through rising 5th graders) attending schools in the target neighborhoods.

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Exclusion Criteria

• None

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Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Underserved school-aged children	n/a - observational study	Underserved school-aged children at risk for obesity

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in BMI	Baseline (beginning of summer), T1 (5 weeks), T2 (10 weeks), T3 (22 weeks)

Trial Locations

Locations (2)

The Ohio State University; 🇺🇸 Columbus, Ohio, United States

Purdue University; 🇺🇸 West Lafayette, Indiana, United States