Workplace-Sponsored Program to Reduce Obesity

NCT00123513 | Completed DMC

• 2 other identifiers: 196R01HL079511
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 3,938
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to design a comprehensive nutrition and physical activity strategy to gain a broad understanding of the social and cultural role of food and physical activity among workers. Perspectives on innovative interventions that are socially feasible and culturally acceptable will also be obtained. Health lifestyle promotion interventions addressing portion control, healthy nutrition, and increasing physical activity will be tested.

Conditions

Obesity; Cardiovascular Diseases

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• BMI

  Measured at baseline and Year 2

Secondary Outcomes (2)

• Number of serving of fruits and vegetables

  Measured at baseline and Year 2

• Number of steps a day

  Measured at baseline and Year 2

Study Arms (2)

1

EXPERIMENTAL

Worksite intervention for obesity prevention

Behavioral: Diet; Behavioral: Exercise; Behavioral: Environment

2

NO INTERVENTION

Control group

Interventions

Diet BEHAVIORAL

Environmental changes in the food and physical activity environment. Cafeteria and vending machine changes, food brought from home, walking routes, and awareness building.

Also known as: Obesogenic environment

1

Exercise BEHAVIORAL

Increase routing physical activity, walking routes, stairs intervention, etc.

1

Environment BEHAVIORAL

Cafeteria and vending machine changes and identification of opportunities of physical activity.

1

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 18 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• Full-time employees in good health

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Rochester: lead
• National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI): collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Eastman Kodak Company

Rochester, New York, United States

Location

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Obesity; Cardiovascular Diseases

Interventions

Diet; Exercise; Environment

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Overweight; Overnutrition; Nutrition Disorders; Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases; Body Weight; Signs and Symptoms; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms

Intervention Hierarchy (Ancestors)

Nutritional Physiological Phenomena; Diet, Food, and Nutrition; Physiological Phenomena; Motor Activity; Movement; Musculoskeletal Physiological Phenomena; Musculoskeletal and Neural Physiological Phenomena; Ecological and Environmental Phenomena; Biological Phenomena; Environment and Public Health

Study Officials

• Isabel D. Fernandez, MD, MPH, PhD

  University of Rochester

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Associate Professor, Department of Community and Preventive Medicine

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: July 21, 2005
• First Posted: July 25, 2005
• Study Start: September 1, 2004
• Primary Completion: July 1, 2009
• Study Completion: July 1, 2009
• Last Updated: June 13, 2012

Record last verified: 2012-06

Locations

US (1)