A Gardening Program to Assess Unhealthy Lifestyle Contributions to Summer Weight Gain in Children
NCT ID: NCT00974727
Last Updated: 2015-10-05
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
12 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2009-05-31
2009-08-31
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Conditions
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Study Design
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NON_RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
NONE
Study Groups
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Gardening Program
Garden Fit
8-week summer gardening program. 9am-12pm on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and 9am-12:30pm on Tuesday and Thursday. Activities included gardening (preparing soil for planting, planting seeds and seedlings, mulching, weeding, watering, and harvesting), preparing meals with fresh foods from the garden, and other garden activities and games.
Control
Subjects received the standard of care for the summer.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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Garden Fit
8-week summer gardening program. 9am-12pm on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and 9am-12:30pm on Tuesday and Thursday. Activities included gardening (preparing soil for planting, planting seeds and seedlings, mulching, weeding, watering, and harvesting), preparing meals with fresh foods from the garden, and other garden activities and games.
Other Intervention Names
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
* BMI at or above the 85th percentile for height and weight
* Able to attend 8-week summer program and clinic visits
Exclusion Criteria
* Any physical disability that prevents or limits physical activity
* Claustrophobia
10 Years
14 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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University of Wisconsin, Madison
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Dale Schoeller, Ph.D.
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of Wisconsin, Department of Nutritional Sciences
Locations
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University of Wisconsin
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Countries
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References
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Ogden CL, Flegal KM, Carroll MD, Johnson CL. Prevalence and trends in overweight among US children and adolescents, 1999-2000. JAMA. 2002 Oct 9;288(14):1728-32. doi: 10.1001/jama.288.14.1728.
Ferraro KF, Thorpe RJ Jr, Wilkinson JA. The life course of severe obesity: does childhood overweight matter? J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2003 Mar;58(2):S110-9. doi: 10.1093/geronb/58.2.s110.
Carrel AL, Clark RR, Peterson S, Eickhoff J, Allen DB. School-based fitness changes are lost during the summer vacation. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2007 Jun;161(6):561-4. doi: 10.1001/archpedi.161.6.561.
Gillis L, McDowell M, Bar-Or O. Relationship between summer vacation weight gain and lack of success in a pediatric weight control program. Eat Behav. 2005 Feb;6(2):137-43. doi: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2004.08.002.
von Hippel PT, Powell B, Downey DB, Rowland NJ. The effect of school on overweight in childhood: gain in body mass index during the school year and during summer vacation. Am J Public Health. 2007 Apr;97(4):696-702. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2005.080754. Epub 2007 Feb 28.
Ogden CL, Carroll MD, Curtin LR, McDowell MA, Tabak CJ, Flegal KM. Prevalence of overweight and obesity in the United States, 1999-2004. JAMA. 2006 Apr 5;295(13):1549-55. doi: 10.1001/jama.295.13.1549.
Whitaker RC, Wright JA, Pepe MS, Seidel KD, Dietz WH. Predicting obesity in young adulthood from childhood and parental obesity. N Engl J Med. 1997 Sep 25;337(13):869-73. doi: 10.1056/NEJM199709253371301.
Hull HR, Morrow ML, Heesch KC, Dinger MK, Han JL, Fields DA. Effect of the summer months on body weight and composition in college women. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2007 Dec;16(10):1510-5. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2006.0329.
Gutin B. Child obesity can be reduced with vigorous activity rather than restriction of energy intake. Obesity (Silver Spring). 2008 Oct;16(10):2193-6. doi: 10.1038/oby.2008.348. No abstract available.
Gutin B, Barbeau P, Owens S, Lemmon CR, Bauman M, Allison J, Kang HS, Litaker MS. Effects of exercise intensity on cardiovascular fitness, total body composition, and visceral adiposity of obese adolescents. Am J Clin Nutr. 2002 May;75(5):818-26. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/75.5.818.
Johnson L, Mander AP, Jones LR, Emmett PM, Jebb SA. Energy-dense, low-fiber, high-fat dietary pattern is associated with increased fatness in childhood. Am J Clin Nutr. 2008 Apr;87(4):846-54. doi: 10.1093/ajcn/87.4.846.
Wang YC, Bleich SN, Gortmaker SL. Increasing caloric contribution from sugar-sweetened beverages and 100% fruit juices among US children and adolescents, 1988-2004. Pediatrics. 2008 Jun;121(6):e1604-14. doi: 10.1542/peds.2007-2834.
Carrel AL, Clark RR, Peterson SE, Nemeth BA, Sullivan J, Allen DB. Improvement of fitness, body composition, and insulin sensitivity in overweight children in a school-based exercise program: a randomized, controlled study. Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med. 2005 Oct;159(10):963-8. doi: 10.1001/archpedi.159.10.963.
Other Identifiers
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MSN106189
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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