Healthy Buddies Manitoba

NCT ID: NCT01979978

Last Updated: 2013-11-08

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 647 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2009-09-30
• Study Completion Date: 2013-05-31

Brief Summary

School-based interventions are generally ineffective for preventing weight gain in children. In 2007, a group from the University of British Columbia, developed a program called Healthy Buddies, that relied on peer mentors to help young children adopt healthy living behaviours. Pilot studies revealed that the program effectively prevented weight gain in children. This trial had never been tested on a large scale using a more scientifically sound study design. We developed a large school-based randomized trial to overcome that limitation and test the hypothesis that that a school-based peer-led healthy living program would reduce adiposity and increase physical activity among children 6-12yrs old.

Conditions

Healthy Children; Elementary School Age; Rural and Urban; First Nations

Study Design

• Allocation Method: RANDOMIZED
• Intervention Model: SINGLE_GROUP
• Primary Study Purpose: PREVENTION
• Blinding Strategy: NONE

Study Groups

Healthy Buddies Curriculum

Healthy buddies curriculum delivered by older peers weekly covering three components of healthy living: Physical activity, healthy eating and a healthy body image.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Healthy Buddies Curriculum

Intervention Type: OTHER

Each week, intermediate students will receive a 45-minute healthy-living lesson plan from their classroom teacher. Later that week, intermediate students will serve as peer mentors ("Buddies"), teaching a 30-minute lesson to their younger students. The Physical activity (i.e."Go Move!") component of the lesson plans includes 30-minutes of structured aerobic fitness sessions, called fitness loops, with the student pairs twice weekly. The dietary ("Go Fuel!") component includes lessons about distinguishing nutritious and from unhealthy (nutrient poor-energy rich) foods and beverages. The body image ("Go Feel Good!") component, the students are taught to value classmates based on individual traits rather than peer influence.

Control

This group received standard school curriculum.

Group Type: NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

Healthy Buddies Curriculum

Each week, intermediate students will receive a 45-minute healthy-living lesson plan from their classroom teacher. Later that week, intermediate students will serve as peer mentors ("Buddies"), teaching a 30-minute lesson to their younger students. The Physical activity (i.e."Go Move!") component of the lesson plans includes 30-minutes of structured aerobic fitness sessions, called fitness loops, with the student pairs twice weekly. The dietary ("Go Fuel!") component includes lessons about distinguishing nutritious and from unhealthy (nutrient poor-energy rich) foods and beverages. The body image ("Go Feel Good!") component, the students are taught to value classmates based on individual traits rather than peer influence.

Intervention Type: OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Participating schools need to meet the following eligibility criteria: (1) were within provincial jurisdiction, (2) had a minimum of 200 students per school, (3) offered grades 1 through 6.

Exclusion Criteria

• Children will be excluded if consent was not received from parents or if they had a condition that limited participation in physical activity.

• Minimum Eligible Age: 7 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 12 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

University of Manitoba

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Rob Santos, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Healthy Child Manitoba

Jon McGavock, PhD

Role: STUDY_DIRECTOR

Manitoba Institute of Child Health

Locations

Manitoba Institute of Child Health - University of Manitoba

Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Countries

Canada

References

Nickel NC, Doupe M, Enns JE, Brownell M, Sarkar J, Chateau D, Burland E, Chartier M, Katz A, Crockett L, Azad MB, McGavock JM, Santos R. Differential effects of a school-based obesity prevention program: A cluster randomized trial. Matern Child Nutr. 2021 Jan;17(1):e13009. doi: 10.1111/mcn.13009. Epub 2020 Aug 20.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 32815644 (View on PubMed)

Santos RG, Durksen A, Rabbanni R, Chanoine JP, Lamboo Miln A, Mayer T, McGavock JM. Effectiveness of peer-based healthy living lesson plans on anthropometric measures and physical activity in elementary school students: a cluster randomized trial. JAMA Pediatr. 2014 Apr;168(4):330-7. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2013.3688.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 24515353 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

H2009:205

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id