The Colorado LEAP Study: A Socioecological Approach to Obesity Prevention in Early Childhood
NCT ID: NCT01937481
Last Updated: 2018-07-24
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
230 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2010-09-30
2017-07-31
Brief Summary
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1. Are behavior changes (increased willingness to try new foods and gross motor skills) from a preschool nutrition and activity program, The Food Friends®, sustained through early elementary school?
2. Do The Food Friends® programs have an impact on reducing the percentage of children considered overweight and/or obese over a 3 year timeframe?
3. Do food preference and gross motor performance directly affect child weight status or are they mediators to dietary intake and physical activity?
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Detailed Description
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The Colorado LEAP project is a longitudinal cohort study utilizing a controlled quasi-experimental design in 5 rural Colorado communities. Two communities serve as intervention communities with the other 3 as matched controls. Intervention sites receive The Food Friends® nutrition and physical activity programs in preschool and 'booster' programming in kindergarten and 1st grade. Assessments are administered 4 times - twice in preschool (Fall and Spring) and once in both kindergarten and 1st grade (Spring). Observational measures with children are conducted at the school; parent/home measures are sent home and returned to school via the child; and school personnel complete school environment and policy assessments.
Conditions
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Study Design
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NON_RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
PREVENTION
NONE
Study Groups
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Nutrition and Physical Activity
The Food Friends programs
The Food Friends
The Food Friends is a research-based preschool program designed to address childhood obesity by establishing healthful eating and physical activity behaviors in preschool-aged children. The Food Friends: Fun With New Foods (12 weeks) focuses on helping children increasing children's willingness to try new foods and The Food Friends: Get Movin' With Mighty Moves (18 weeks) aims to enhance preschoolers' gross motor skill development. In effort to sustain the preschool behavior changes, the messages from The Food Friends® (Super Taster and Mighty Mover) will be extended into early elementary school through a 'booster' program. The booster program will consist of a kindergarten and 1st grade curriculum with 5 monthly units.
Control
Control group
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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The Food Friends
The Food Friends is a research-based preschool program designed to address childhood obesity by establishing healthful eating and physical activity behaviors in preschool-aged children. The Food Friends: Fun With New Foods (12 weeks) focuses on helping children increasing children's willingness to try new foods and The Food Friends: Get Movin' With Mighty Moves (18 weeks) aims to enhance preschoolers' gross motor skill development. In effort to sustain the preschool behavior changes, the messages from The Food Friends® (Super Taster and Mighty Mover) will be extended into early elementary school through a 'booster' program. The booster program will consist of a kindergarten and 1st grade curriculum with 5 monthly units.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
Exclusion Criteria
4 Years
7 Years
ALL
Yes
Sponsors
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USDA Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center
FED
University of Colorado, Denver
OTHER
Colorado State University
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Laura L Bellows
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
Colorado State University
Locations
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Brush School District RE 2J
Brush, Colorado, United States
Buena Vista School District
Buena Vista, Colorado, United States
Iliff Head Start
Iliff, Colorado, United States
Lake County School District
Leadville, Colorado, United States
Salida School District
Salida, Colorado, United States
RE-1 Valley School District
Sterling, Colorado, United States
Countries
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References
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Johnson SL, Ryan SM, Kroehl M, Moding KJ, Boles RE, Bellows LL. A longitudinal intervention to improve young children's liking and consumption of new foods: findings from the Colorado LEAP study. Int J Behav Nutr Phys Act. 2019 Jun 3;16(1):49. doi: 10.1186/s12966-019-0808-3.
Boles RE, Johnson SL, Burdell A, Davies PL, Gavin WJ, Bellows LL. Home food availability and child intake among rural families identified to be at-risk for health disparities. Appetite. 2019 Mar 1;134:135-141. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2018.12.002. Epub 2018 Dec 13.
Johnson SL, Moding KJ, Maloney K, Bellows LL. Development of the Trying New Foods Scale: A preschooler self-assessment of willingness to try new foods. Appetite. 2018 Sep 1;128:21-31. doi: 10.1016/j.appet.2018.05.146. Epub 2018 May 26.
Johnson SL, Davies PL, Boles RE, Gavin WJ, Bellows LL. Young Children's Food Neophobia Characteristics and Sensory Behaviors Are Related to Their Food Intake. J Nutr. 2015 Nov;145(11):2610-6. doi: 10.3945/jn.115.217299. Epub 2015 Sep 30.
Bellows LL, Johnson SL, Davies PL, Anderson J, Gavin WJ, Boles RE. The Colorado LEAP study: rationale and design of a study to assess the short term longitudinal effectiveness of a preschool nutrition and physical activity program. BMC Public Health. 2013 Dec 9;13:1146. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-1146.
Other Identifiers
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USDA NIFA 2010-85215-20648
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id
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