SWITCH: Rationale, Design, and Implementation of a Community, School, and Family-based Intervention to Modify Behaviors Related to Childhood Obesity
试验速览
- 阶段
- 早期 1 期
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 1,300
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Our outcome measure was reduction of screen time
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this research is to increase community awareness about the relationship between physical activity, screen time, and nutrition and how these factors influence healthy weight management.
The problem of obesity is at epidemic proportions and has become the most important public health problem confronting the United States today. Of greatest concern is the 300% increase in obesity rates among children and youth over the past twenty years. Childhood obesity is a precursor of adult obesity.
详细描述
The Switch™ Program is a unique community and family-based behavior change initiative that helps motivate children to change three critical health behaviors that are risk factors for childhood overweight and obesity. Through community education, family-based strategies and partnerships with schools, 3rd, 4th and 5th graders are encouraged to: Switch what you Do™ Switch what you View™ Switch what you Chew™.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 8 Years 至 13 Years(Child)
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •All children in 3-5 grades who provide parental consent and child assent will be eligible to participate in the project.
排除标准
- •Participants who meet the following exclusion criteria will not be considered for participation.
- •Do not provide consent
- •unable or unwilling to adhere to project procedures
结局指标
主要结局
Our outcome measure was reduction of screen time
时间窗: 4 waves of data
次要结局
- Our secondary outcome measure increase in fruit and vegetable consumption.(T1-PRE Intervention toT2 Post Intervention)
