Project Fit:a School- and Community-based Obesity Intervention

NCT ID: NCT01385046

Last Updated: 2011-06-29

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 403 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2009-08-31
• Study Completion Date: 2011-05-31

Brief Summary

Project FIT is a collaboration between the public school system, local health systems, physicians, neighborhood associations, businesses, faith-based leaders, community agencies and university researchers to develop a multi-faceted approach to promote physical activity and healthy eating toward the general goal of preventing and reducing childhood obesity among children in Grand Rapids, MI, USA. There are four overall components to Project FIT: school, community, social marketing, and school staff wellness - all that focus on: 1) increasing access to safe and affordable physical activity and nutrition education opportunities in the schools and surrounding neighborhoods; 2) improving the affordability and availability of nutritious food in the neighborhoods surrounding the schools; 3) improving the knowledge, self-efficacy, attitudes and behaviors regarding nutrition and physical activity among school staff, parents and students; 4) impacting the 'culture' of the schools and neighborhoods to incorporate healthful values; and 5) encouraging dialogue among all community partners to leverage existing programs and introduce new ones.

Conditions

Obesity

Study Design

• Allocation Method: NON_RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

physical activity and nutrition

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Project Fit

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

physical activity and nutrition education

Interventions

Project Fit

physical activity and nutrition education

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• enrolled in participating school district in grades 1-5.

Exclusion Criteria

• None

• Minimum Eligible Age: 8 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 14 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

FED

Sponsor Role: collaborator

Michigan State University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Michigan State University

Principal Investigators

Denise Holmes, PhD

Role: STUDY_CHAIR

Michigan State University

Locations

Grand Rapids Public Schools

Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States

Countries

United States

References

Eisenmann JC, Alaimo K, Pfeiffer K, Paek HJ, Carlson JJ, Hayes H, Thompson T, Kelleher D, Oh HJ, Orth J, Randall S, Mayfield K, Holmes D. Project FIT: rationale, design and baseline characteristics of a school- and community-based intervention to address physical activity and healthy eating among low-income elementary school children. BMC Public Health. 2011 Jul 29;11:607. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-11-607.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 21801411 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

http://www.theprojectfit.org/

Related Info

Other Identifiers

MSU-123

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id