Reducing Beverages and Sugar and Increasing Physical Activity in Public School Adolescents From Brazil

Phase 3

Completed

• Conditions: Beans Intake; Beverage Intake; Sugar Intake; Fruit Intake; Physical Activity
• Interventions: Behavioral: lifestyle

• Registration Number: NCT01046474
• Lead Sponsor: Rio de Janeiro State University

Brief Summary

The main objective is to evaluate the effect on BMI of a school-based program that discourages the consumption of all sweetened beverages, encourages the reduction in sugar intake, and encourages the increase in physical activity among adolescents and their families from a low socioeconomic area.

Detailed Description

Specific objectives are:

1. To compare total, lean, and fatty body mass variation in adolescents aged 11 to 14, from 7th and 8th grades from schools under intervention and from the ones not subjected to the intervention program.

2. To compare sweetened beverages consumption and sugar intake before and after the intervention in both groups of schools.

3. To evaluate the impact of the intervention on the selling of sweetened beverages in the cafeterias.

4. To compare change in family expenditures with sweetened beverages and sugar.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2010-01-11
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-01-11
• Study First Posted: 2010-01-12
• Study Start: 2010-02
• Primary Completion: 2010-11
• Study Completion: 2010-12
• Status Verified: 2011-07
• Last Update Submitted: 2011-07-19
• Last Update Posted: 2011-07-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 600

Inclusion Criteria

• 5th grades

Exclusion Criteria

• Pregnancy

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
reducing beverages and sugar and increase physical activity	lifestyle	reduction of beverages and sugar and increasing physical activity

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Body mass index	one year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Mean lean and fatty body mass proportions: measured by portable electrical bioimpedance bean	one year

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

20 Schools of Metropolitan Area; 🇧🇷 Duque de Caxias, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil