Achieving Energy Balance in Post Partum Teens

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Obesity
• Interventions: Behavioral: BALANCE

• Registration Number: NCT01617486
• Lead Sponsor: Washington University School of Medicine

Brief Summary

This proposal will test Balance Adolescent Lifestyle Activities and Nutrition Choices for Energy (BALANCE), a multilevel intervention administered through Parents as Teachers (PAT) and designed to reduce overweight in postpartum teens. The intervention will focus on the replacement of 'obesogenic' patterns (such as high soda intake, excess portion size, and sedentary activity) with 'energy' patterns (such as water consumption, appropriate portion size, and walking).

Detailed Description

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Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2007-01
• Primary Completion: 2009-05
• Study Completion: 2009-05
• Study First Submitted: 2012-04-02
• Status Verified: 2012-06
• Study First Submitted QC: 2012-06-08
• Last Update Submitted: 2012-06-08
• Study First Posted: 2012-06-12
• Last Update Posted: 2012-06-12

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 1325

Inclusion Criteria

• between 12 to 20 years of age
• less than 1 year post partum
• current participant in Parents as Teachers

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Exclusion Criteria

• currently pregnant

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
BALANCE	BALANCE	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
BMI change at 6 month post assessment	Baseline and 6 month post assessment	Postpartum adolescents in the intervention group who are at risk for overweight (85th-94th percentile BMI) or are overweight (equal to or greater than the 95th percentile) at baseline will have a change in BMI with a lower absolute BMI at 6 month post assessment than those in the control group
BMI change at 1 year post assessment	Baseline to 1 year post assessment	Postpartum adolescents in the intervention group who are at risk for overweight (85th-94th percentile BMI) or are overweight (equal to or greater than the 95th percentile) at baseline will have a change in BMI with a lower absolute BMI at the 1 year post assessment than those in the control group

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
reduce caloric intake	baseline and 6 month post test	Our secondary hypotheses are that at the conclusion of the study (6 month post assessment) when compared to the control group, there will be a significantly greater proportion of postpartum adolescents in the intervention group who reduce caloric intake.
Engage in moderate intensity walking	Baseline and 6 month Post test	Our secondary hypotheses are that at the conclusion of the study (6 month post assessment) when compared to the control group, there will be a significantly greater proportion of postpartum adolescents in the intervention group who increase moderate intensity walking.
Improve their knowledge of energy patterns	Baseline and 6 month Post test	Our secondary hypotheses are that at the conclusion of the study (6 month post assessment) when compared to the control group, there will be a significantly greater proportion of postpartum adolescents in the intervention group who improve their knowledge of energy patterns.
Increase frequency of performance of energy patterns	Baseline and 6 month post test	Our secondary hypotheses are that at the conclusion of the study (6 month post assessment) when compared to the control group, there will be a significantly greater proportion of postpartum adolescents in the intervention group who increase frequency of performance of energy patterns.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Washington University in St. Louis; 🇺🇸 St. Louis, Missouri, United States