Challenge!, a Health Promotion/ Obesity Prevention Program for Teens
NCT ID: NCT00746083
Last Updated: 2019-08-16
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
235 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2001-04-30
2007-01-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Challenge! is a randomized controlled trial for health promotion/ obesity prevention targeting low-income, urban, African American adolescents. Healthy adolescents were recruited from an urban medical center and from local middle schools. Weight status was not part of the inclusion criteria.
The intervention was home- and community-based and delivered one-on-one to each adolescent by a college-age "personal trainer". The intervention focused on goal-setting, consuming a healthy diet (increase fruits, vegetables, and water, and decrease high-fat snack and convenience foods), and increasing physical activity. We hypothesized that the teens enrolled in the intervention would have a healthier BMI-for-age z-score and a healthier body composition (body fat %) compared to those that did not receive the intervention over time. Additionally, we hypothesized that those enrolled in the intervention would consume healthier diets and have higher levels of physical activity compared to those that did not receive the intervention over time.
Conditions
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
QUADRUPLE
Study Groups
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Intervention group
Challenge!
Each adolescent in the intervention group received 12 lessons administered in adolescent's home or community by a "personal trainer" (a college-aged mentor). The lessons focused on behavior change relating to diet and physical activity and was based on social cognitive theory. At the end of each lesson the adolescent set a behavior change goal for themselves. The adolescents were taught how to track their goals and they discussed thir ability/inability to meet their goals at each meeting with their personal trainer.
Control group
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Challenge!
Each adolescent in the intervention group received 12 lessons administered in adolescent's home or community by a "personal trainer" (a college-aged mentor). The lessons focused on behavior change relating to diet and physical activity and was based on social cognitive theory. At the end of each lesson the adolescent set a behavior change goal for themselves. The adolescents were taught how to track their goals and they discussed thir ability/inability to meet their goals at each meeting with their personal trainer.
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
11 Years
16 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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Annie E. Casey Foundation
OTHER_GOV
The Thomas Wilson Sanitarium for Children of Baltimore City
OTHER
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
OTHER
University of Massachusetts, Worcester
OTHER
University of Maryland, Baltimore
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Maureen Black
Professor
Principal Investigators
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Maureen M Black, PhD
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, United States
Locations
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University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Countries
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References
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Snitker S, Le KY, Hager E, Caballero B, Black MM. Association of physical activity and body composition with insulin sensitivity in a community sample of adolescents. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2007 Jul;161(7):677-83. doi: 10.1001/archpedi.161.7.677.
Mitola AL, Papas MA, Le K, Fusillo L, Black MM. Agreement with satisfaction in adolescent body size between female caregivers and teens from a low-income African-American community. J Pediatr Psychol. 2007 Jan-Feb;32(1):42-51. doi: 10.1093/jpepsy/jsl004. Epub 2006 Jun 8.
Devonshire AL, Hager ER, Black MM, Diener-West M, Tilton N, Snitker S. Elevated blood pressure in adolescent girls: correlation to body size and composition. BMC Public Health. 2016 Jan 26;16:78. doi: 10.1186/s12889-016-2717-6.
Black MM, Hager ER, Le K, Anliker J, Arteaga SS, Diclemente C, Gittelsohn J, Magder L, Papas M, Snitker S, Treuth MS, Wang Y. Challenge! Health promotion/obesity prevention mentorship model among urban, black adolescents. Pediatrics. 2010 Aug;126(2):280-8. doi: 10.1542/peds.2009-1832. Epub 2010 Jul 26.
Other Identifiers
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R40MC00241, M01 RR16500
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: secondary_id
H-21033
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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