Food, Fun, & Fitness Internet Program for Girls: Outcome Evaluation

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Obesity

• Registration Number: NCT01481948
• Lead Sponsor: Baylor College of Medicine

Brief Summary

The purpose of this project is to reduce health disparities in obesity risk among 8-10 year old African American girls using a culturally sensitive and developmentally appropriate internet-based program with no face-to-face interaction. This study will conduct an outcome evaluation to test short and longer term effects on obesity risk.

Detailed Description

This research will conduct an outcome evaluation on a promising web based obesity prevention program for 8-10 year old African American girls. A pilot study with 80 girls established its feasibility: recruitment goals were met; attrition rates were \< 10%; logon rates to the online program were 74.5%; and statistically significant increases in fruit and vegetable consumption and time spent being physically active were observed. The outcome evaluation will recruit 400 child-parent pairs to examine short and longer term effects of the program on obesity risk. It will also conduct mediation analyses to examine pathways of effect. At the end of the study, the web based program will be hosted on the CNRC web site. Although the use of the internet as a method for changing health behavior is not new, the use of an internet program alone, with no face to face interaction, is novel. This is one of the first programs to attempt this, particularly in an at-risk population.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2011-11-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2011-11-28
• Study First Posted: 2011-11-30
• Study Start: 2012-01
• Primary Completion: 2015-05
• Study Completion: 2015-05
• Status Verified: 2016-01
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-01-18
• Last Update Posted: 2016-01-20

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: Female
• Target Recruitment: 342

Inclusion Criteria

• 8-10 years old
• healthy
• African American
• parent willing to participate in data collection
• internet access
• personal email address

Exclusion Criteria

• mental, physical, or medical conditions that limit fruit-vegetable consumption, physical activity, or ability to fully participate in the program and/or complete baseline and post assessment data collection
• taking medications that influence dietary behaviors, appetite, and/or physical activity

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Body mass index percentile	6 months	height and weight will be used to calculate BMI percentile

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
fruit and vegetable consumption	6 months	dietitian-assisted dietary recalls will be collected using the NDSR system; 2 recalls will be collected at each time point (1 week day and 1 weekend day)
physical activity	6 months	Accelerometers will be used to assess physical activity
self efficacy	6 months	standard measures will be used to assess fruit, vegetable, water, and physical activity self efficacy
home availability	6 months	standard measures will be used to assess fruit, vegetable, and physical activity equipment home availability
asking behaviors	6 months	standard measures will be used to assess child fruit, vegetable, water, and physical activity asking behaviors

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Baylor College of Medicine; 🇺🇸 Houston, Texas, United States