Ready. Set. ACTION! A Theater-Based Obesity Prevention Program for Children

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Obesity
• Interventions: Other: Control; Other: Ready. Set. ACTION! Protocol

• Registration Number: NCT00604513
• Lead Sponsor: University of Minnesota

Brief Summary

The goal of Ready, Set, ACTION! (RSA) is to test the feasibility of implementing a theater-based after-school program to promote healthy eating, physical activity, and positive body image with children in grades four through six.

Detailed Description

The goal of Ready, Set, ACTION! (RSA) is to test the feasibility of implementing a theater-based after-school program to promote healthy eating, physical activity, and positive body image with children in grades four through six. This study, funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIDDK), is a collaboration between the University of Minnesota, Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, Saint Paul Public Schools, and Illusion Theater of Minneapolis. Four participating Saint Paul schools were randomly assigned to receive either a control or intervention after school program led by artists/educators from Illusion Theater. Students in the intervention schools received a fourteen-session curriculum with eight booster sessions, in which they received the following messages: increase fruit, vegetable, and water consumption, decrease soda pop, increase physical activity, and decrease television. Families received nutrition and activity information packets themed for each session. The messages were reinforced by theater education, dance, and music. A play structured around the aforementioned messages that included scene vignettes, choreographed dance, and professionally composed music was developed and rehearsed by the children. In December 2006 the children performed the play for their families at Illusion Theater in downtown Minneapolis. They later performed for their peers at school and again for family and school administrators at the conclusion of the program.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2006-09
• Study Completion: 2007-05
• Study First Submitted: 2007-12-05
• Study First Submitted QC: 2008-01-17
• Study First Posted: 2008-01-30
• Status Verified: 2019-10
• Last Update Submitted: 2019-10-30
• Last Update Posted: 2019-11-01

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 181

Inclusion Criteria

• 4th-6th grade children at intervention and control schools
• Parent or guardian of participating children

Exclusion Criteria

• Other ages

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
2	Control	-
1	Ready. Set. ACTION! Protocol	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Program feasibility	One school year

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Physical activity	One school-year
Quality of dietary intake	One school-year
Body Mass Index (BMI)	One school-year
Self-efficacy to change eating and physical activity behaviors, improved body image, and improved self-esteem	One school-year
Parental support for healthy eating and physical activity	One school-year