School Breakfast Policy Initiative Study

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

2000 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2012-07-31

Study Completion Date

2016-06-30

Brief Summary

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The purpose of this study is to develop and evaluate the effects of a school breakfast policy initiative (SBPI) on the incidence of overweight and obesity as well as breakfast patterns (both inside and outside of school) among 4th-6th grade children. The study integrates research, education and extension to promote healthy breakfast consumption among low-income children in urban schools and will leverage ongoing SNAP-Ed and the School Breakfast Program efforts.

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Detailed Description

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Policy makers have promoted school breakfast participation as a tool to help prevent childhood obesity. No randomized controlled trials have examined the effects of a school breakfast feeding program on obesity. We propose to develop and evaluate a School Breakfast Policy Initiative (SBPI) that combines classroom feeding, in-school nutrition education, social marketing and parent outreach. Specifically, we will promote the benefits of a healthy breakfast at school or home and deter buying "breakfast" at corner stores where purchases are high in energy, solid fats and added sugars. This intervention will be evaluated in the "real world" of urban schools that make frequent use of the SNAP-Ed and the School Breakfast Program. The specific aims are:

1. To develop the SBPI intervention within the context of SNAP Ed and the National School Breakfast Program in the School District of Philadelphia.
2. To conduct a pilot feasibility study among 4 schools (2 intervention and 2 control) to assess feasibility and acceptability.
3. To compare participants in the intervention (n=8) and comparison schools (n=8) on the incidence of overweight and obesity. We predict that intervention schools, compared to the comparison schools, will have a significantly lower incidence rate of overweight and obesity over a 2 y period.
4. To compare participants in the intervention (n=8) and comparison schools (n=8) on eating one breakfast. We predict that intervention schools, compared to the comparison schools, will have significantly greater percentage of children eating one breakfast per day over a 2 y period.

Conditions

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Childhood Obesity Hunger

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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One Healthy Breakfast Program

Classroom feeding, nutrition education lessons, social marketing, and parent outreach.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Classroom feeding

Intervention Type OTHER

Students are fed breakfast in the classroom at the start of the school, rather than the cafeteria before school.

Nutrition education lessons

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Students receive breakfast specific nutrition education lessons.

Social Marketing

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A social marketing campaign designed to promote consumption of one healthy breakfast a day. The marketing includes a healthy breakfast points-based reward program designed by the students and promotional campaigns.

Parent outreach

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

A variety of communication methods that engage families and offer education that meets their needs, including school breakfast menus, parent newsletters, and information tables at parent-teacher meetings.

Control

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Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Classroom feeding

Students are fed breakfast in the classroom at the start of the school, rather than the cafeteria before school.

Intervention Type OTHER

Nutrition education lessons

Students receive breakfast specific nutrition education lessons.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Social Marketing

A social marketing campaign designed to promote consumption of one healthy breakfast a day. The marketing includes a healthy breakfast points-based reward program designed by the students and promotional campaigns.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Parent outreach

A variety of communication methods that engage families and offer education that meets their needs, including school breakfast menus, parent newsletters, and information tables at parent-teacher meetings.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL