Healthy Futures Project: A Community Based Obesity Prevention Program

NCT00685555 | Completed Early Phase 1

• 1 other identifier: NIMF-1300-05
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 1,300
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

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.

Conditions

Overweight; Obesity

Keywords

Screen time; Fruits and Vegetable Consumption; Physical Activity; Obesity; Overweight

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Our outcome measure was reduction of screen time

  4 waves of data

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Our secondary outcome measure increase in fruit and vegetable consumption.

  T1-PRE Intervention toT2 Post Intervention

Interventions

Switch active lifestyles brought to you by MediaWise BEHAVIORAL

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.

Also known as: Iowa State University, Michigan State University, National Institute on Media and the Family

Switch active lifestyles from MediaWise BEHAVIORAL

1300 students (male and female) were recruited through two separate school districts in Lakeville, Minnesota and Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Informed consents went to all students who chose to participate. Demonstration and Control school were randomly selected. Baseline data was collected regarding physical activity, screen time, and nutrition, standard body measurements, and baseline data, and salivary cortisol levels were taken. Parent and teacher surveys were also conducted. After baseline selected demonstration sites and students were provided with information focused on improving healthy behaviors while the control sites served as matched comparison groups.

Also known as: Switch, Switch program, The Switch program

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 8 Years - 13 Years
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17)

You may qualify if:

• All children in 3-5 grades who provide parental consent and child assent will be eligible to participate in the project.

You may not qualify if:

• Do not provide consent
• unable or unwilling to adhere to project procedures

Sponsors & Collaborators

• National Institute on Media and the Family: lead
• Fairview Health Services: collaborator
• Medica: collaborator
• Healthy and Active America Foundation,: collaborator
• Cargill: collaborator
• Spunk Design Machine: collaborator
• Iowa State University: collaborator
• Michigan State University: collaborator
• University of Minnesota: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

National Institute on Media and the Family

Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55454, United States

Location

Related Publications (2)

• Eisenmann JC, Laurson KR, Wickel EE, Gentile D, Walsh D. Utility of pedometer step recommendations for predicting overweight in children. Int J Obes (Lond). 2007 Jul;31(7):1179-82. doi: 10.1038/sj.ijo.0803553. Epub 2007 Jan 30.

  PMID: 17264846 RESULT

• Eisenmann JC, Gentile DA, Welk GJ, Callahan R, Strickland S, Walsh M, Walsh DA. SWITCH: rationale, design, and implementation of a community, school, and family-based intervention to modify behaviors related to childhood obesity. BMC Public Health. 2008 Jun 29;8:223. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-8-223.

  PMID: 18588706 DERIVED

Related Links

• National Institute on Media and the Family
• Co-Investigator Douglas Gentile Ph.D.

MeSH Terms

Conditions

Overweight; Obesity; Motor Activity

Condition Hierarchy (Ancestors)

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

Study Officials

• Dave Walsh, Ph.D.

  National Institute on Media and the Family

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: early phase 1
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 22, 2008
• First Posted: May 28, 2008
• Study Start: October 1, 2005
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2006
• Study Completion: December 1, 2006
• Last Updated: June 23, 2011

Record last verified: 2008-05

Locations

US (1)