Study Results
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Basic Information
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COMPLETED
NA
36452 participants
INTERVENTIONAL
2014-03-31
2017-07-15
Brief Summary
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Detailed Description
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Each fall, investigators will administer a survey to 4th-8th grade students from all schools. This survey will assess weight-based teasing, feelings of stigmatization, and weight-control behaviors among students. The student survey will also ask questions about students' experiences having their heights and weights measured at school. During all years, investigators will mail a survey home a subsample of parents to assess parent behaviors related to their child's physical activity and nutrition, as well as parent reactions to the BMI report. Finally, schools will complete a survey in Spring 2017 to assess their nutrition- and physical activity-related policies and programs.
Conditions
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Keywords
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Study Design
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RANDOMIZED
PARALLEL
TREATMENT
NONE
Study Groups
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BMI screening and reporting (Group 1)
For three school years, 3rd-8th grade students will have their heights and weights measured once annually. Additionally, 5th-8th grade students will participate in five fitness assessments. Schools will send BMI reports home to parents.
BMI screening
Students in grades 3-8 will have their heights and weights measured annually at school and their BMIs calculated.
BMI reporting
Schools will send a report home to parents that provides their child's height, weight, and BMI results.
Fitness testing
Students in grades 5-8 will participate in five fitness assessments (curl-ups, sit-ups, push-ups, sit-and-reach, and the PACER test or mile run) annually at school.
BMI screening only (Group 2)
For three school years, 3rd-8th grade students will have their heights and weights measured once annually. Additionally, 5th-8th grade students will participate in five fitness assessments. Schools will NOT send BMI reports home to parents.
BMI screening
Students in grades 3-8 will have their heights and weights measured annually at school and their BMIs calculated.
Fitness testing
Students in grades 5-8 will participate in five fitness assessments (curl-ups, sit-ups, push-ups, sit-and-reach, and the PACER test or mile run) annually at school.
No BMI screening or reporting (Group 3)
For two school years, 3rd-8th grade students will NOT have their heights and weights measured at school.
No interventions assigned to this group
Interventions
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BMI screening
Students in grades 3-8 will have their heights and weights measured annually at school and their BMIs calculated.
BMI reporting
Schools will send a report home to parents that provides their child's height, weight, and BMI results.
Fitness testing
Students in grades 5-8 will participate in five fitness assessments (curl-ups, sit-ups, push-ups, sit-and-reach, and the PACER test or mile run) annually at school.
Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria
2. District has at least eight schools that meet all of the school-level eligibility criteria
1. School does not report BMI results to caregivers and has no history of doing so
2. School has an enrollment of 15% to 85% Latino students
3. School has an enrollment of at least 30 students in grades 3 through 8
7 Years
ALL
No
Sponsors
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National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
NIH
University of California, Berkeley
OTHER
Responsible Party
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Principal Investigators
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Kristine A Madsen, MD MPH
Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
University of California, Berkeley
Locations
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UC Berkeley School of Public Health
Berkeley, California, United States
Countries
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References
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Madsen KA, Thompson HR, Linchey J, Ritchie LD, Gupta S, Neumark-Sztainer D, Crawford PB, McCulloch CE, Ibarra-Castro A. Effect of School-Based Body Mass Index Reporting in California Public Schools: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA Pediatr. 2021 Mar 1;175(3):251-259. doi: 10.1001/jamapediatrics.2020.4768.
Thompson HR, Linchey JK, Liu NF, Madsen KA. Parents Recall of, and Reactions to, School-Based BMI Reports. Child Obes. 2019 Dec;15(8):548-554. doi: 10.1089/chi.2019.0061. Epub 2019 Aug 12.
Thompson HR, Linchey JK, King B, Himes JH, Madsen KA. Accuracy of School Staff-Measured Height and Weight Used for Body Mass Index Screening and Reporting. J Sch Health. 2019 Aug;89(8):629-635. doi: 10.1111/josh.12788. Epub 2019 May 28.
Madsen KA, Linchey J, Ritchie L, Thompson HR. The Fit Study: Design and rationale for a cluster randomized trial of school-based BMI screening and reporting. Contemp Clin Trials. 2017 Jul;58:40-46. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2017.05.005. Epub 2017 May 4.
Other Identifiers
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2012-07-4472
Identifier Type: -
Identifier Source: org_study_id