Healthy Futures Project: A Community Based Obesity Prevention Program

NCT ID: NCT00685555

Last Updated: 2011-06-23

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

EARLY_PHASE1

Total Enrollment

1300 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2005-10-31

Study Completion Date

2006-12-31

Brief Summary

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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.

Detailed Description

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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™.

Conditions

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Overweight Obesity

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Interventions

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Switch active lifestyles brought to you by MediaWise

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.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Switch active lifestyles from MediaWise

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.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

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Iowa State University Michigan State University National Institute on Media and the Family Switch Switch program The Switch program

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

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

Exclusion Criteria

* Do not provide consent
* unable or unwilling to adhere to project procedures
Minimum Eligible Age

8 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

13 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Fairview Health Services

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Medica

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Healthy and Active America Foundation,

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Cargill

INDUSTRY

Sponsor Role collaborator

Spunk Design Machine

UNKNOWN

Sponsor Role collaborator

Iowa State University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Michigan State University

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Minnesota

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

National Institute on Media and the Family

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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National Institute on Media and the Family

Principal Investigators

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Dave Walsh, Ph.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

National Institute on Media and the Family

Locations

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National Institute on Media and the Family

Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

References

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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.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 17264846 (View on PubMed)

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.

Reference Type DERIVED
PMID: 18588706 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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http://www.mediawise.org

National Institute on Media and the Family

http://www.psychology.iastate.edu/index.php?id=61

Co-Investigator Douglas Gentile Ph.D.

Other Identifiers

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NIMF-1300-05

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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