An interventional study of A+PAAC and CON in Intelligence and Obesity, sponsored by Joseph Donnelly. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 7 Years to 10 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-01-12.
Sponsored by Joseph Donnelly · Not applicable, Interventional, and Health services research
There is currently considerable interest in both improving academic achievement (No Child Left Behind) and reducing the rates of obesity and its associated negative health consequences in elementary school students. Increased physical activity (PA) offers a potential intervention to address both issues. Evidence is available which suggests an association of PA with both academic achievement and obesity, and an association between obesity and academic achievement.
To provide increased PA while maintaining academic instruction time, we developed a program we call "Physical Activity Across the Curriculum" (PAAC) in which regular classroom teachers were trained to deliver academic lessons using moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) for 20 minutes/d, 5 days/wk. This study is looking to compare academic achievement between students in elementary schools that participate in academic lessons taught through MVPA (PAAC) to students that do not (CON).
Joseph Donnelly is the lead sponsor of 2 studies on the registry; none are open to participants now.
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Exclusion Criteria:
Lessons delivered using A+PAAC
Behavioral: A+PAAC
Regular sedentary lessons
Behavioral: CON
academic lessons delivered by regular classroom teachers using moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) for 20 minutes/day, 5 days/week.
lessons taught by regular classroom teachers using traditional/regular sedentary lessons
Changes in Academic Achievement in Elementary Students
Changes in academic achievement between students in elementary schools that participate in a program that delivers academic lessons taught through MVPA (A+PAAC) to students in elementary schools that do not receive academic lessons taught through MVPA (CON)
Time frame: Baseline to 3 Years
Assessment of Cognitive Function
Changes in attentional control and academic achievement
Time frame: Baseline to 3 Years
Body Mass Index (BMI)
Change in the BMI over course of the study.
Time frame: Baseline to 3 Years
Cardiovascular (CV) Fitness and Daily Physical Activity (PA)
Changes in CV Fitness and PA and its impact on cognitive control of attention and academic achievement
Time frame: Baseline to 3 Years
Change in Attention-to-Task
Time frame: Baseline to 3 Years
This study is completed, as verified in Jan 2016. You cannot join it, but the record below documents what was studied.
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