An interventional study of Enhanced Care and Standard Care in Childhood Obesity, sponsored by Ohio State University. Completed. Open to participants aged 4 Years to 12 Years, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2016-09-21.
Sponsored by Ohio State University · Not applicable, Interventional, and Prevention
The primary aims of this research project are to:
Background: The number of obese children in the US remains high, which is problematic due to the mental, physical, and academic effects of obesity on child health. Data indicate that school-age children, particularly underserved children, experience unhealthy gains in BMI at a rate nearly twice as fast during the summer months. Few efforts have been directed at implementing evidence-based programming to prevent excess weight gain during the summer recess.
Methods: Camp NERF is an 8-week, multi-component (nutrition, physical activity, and mental health), theory-based program for underserved school-age children in grades Kindergarten - 5th grade coupled with the USDA Summer Food Service Program. Twelve eligible elementary school sites will be randomized to one of the three programming groups: 1) Active Control (non-nutrition, physical activity, or mental health [4H curricula]); 2) Standard Care (nutrition and physical activity); or 3) Enhanced Care (nutrition, physical activity, and mental health) programming. Anthropometric, behavioral, and psychosocial data will be collected from child-caregiver dyads pre- and post-intervention. Site-specific characteristics and process evaluation measures will also be collected.
Discussion: This is the first, evidence-based intervention to address the issue of weight gain during the summer months among underserved, school-aged children. Results from this study will provide researchers, practitioners, and public health professionals with insight on evidence-based programming to aid in childhood obesity prevention during this particular window of risk.
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Exclusion Criteria:
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Active Control: exposure to a non-nutrition, physical activity, or mental health curriculum/program
Behavioral: Active Control
Standard Care: exposure to a nutrition and physical activity curriculum/program
Behavioral: Standard Care
Enhanced Care: exposure to a nutrition, physical activity, and mental health curriculum/program
Behavioral: Enhanced Care
8-week (nutrition, physical activity, and mental health) summer curriculum/program
8-week (nutrition and physical activity) summer curriculum/program
8-week (non-nutrition, physical activity or mental health) summer curriculum/program
Change in child BMI z-score
Time frame: Baseline and 8 weeks
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Plan to share: No
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