Peer Education About Weight Steadiness

NCT ID: NCT02365324

Last Updated: 2019-09-04

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Clinical Phase: NA
• Total Enrollment: 200 participants
• Study Classification: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2015-05-31
• Study Completion Date: 2018-05-31

Brief Summary

The proposed integrated project will evaluate the effects of an evidence-based extension education program, Family Fitness Program (FFP) grounded in Stages of Change Learning Theory and guided by Social Cognitive Theory (SCT), with and without a peer-education mode of delivery on balancing calories to manage body weight (BW), reducing certain foods and food components, increasing selected foods and nutrients, building healthy eating patterns [i.e., fundamental principles of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs), 2010] and SCT variables. Briefly, the 12-week program will target early adolescent children, ages 11-14 years, test a peer-education approach to behavioral change and will be delivered as an after-school program in local middle schools in support of childhood obesity prevention. Data will be collected at baseline (preintervention), after the 12-week program (post-intervention) and 6 months after completion of the program (maintenance).

Detailed Description

The 12-week intervention, either Family Fitness Program, FFP (adult-led control group) or Peer-education Family Fitness Program, PE-FFP (peer-led experimental group) will be delivered four times in each of the three schools participating in the study from May, 2015 to May 2017 as an after-school program to early adolescent children, ages 11-14 years, to partially meet the stated objectives in research. The proposed integrated project will follow a group-randomized controlled trial design. The intervention will be offered as an after-school programs in each of 3 schools (Urbana Middle School, Franklin Middle School and Mahomet Seymour-Junior High School). Programs will be conducted on Mondays, Tuesdays, Wednesday, and Thursdays for 12 weeks. After children are enrolled in the program, weekday by school will be randomly assigned to the adult-led FFP (control group) or to the peer-led PE-FFP (experimental group). This process will allow children the convenience of participating in the program on the day that is most compatible with their schedules, offer the control and experimental conditions at each of 2 schools and maintain randomization to treatment. Thus, each school will have 1 control group and 1 experimental group each time the program is conducted. Group randomization will occur during the fall-winter 2016 term and spring-summer 2017 term again. Data will be collected at baseline (pre-intervention), after the 12-week FFP or PE-FFP (post-intervention) and 6 months after completion of the program (maintenance). The FFP addresses all major elements of the Dietary guidelines for Americans (DGAs), 2010. Each weekly lesson will include: 1) 20-30 minutes of moderate physical activity; 2) nutrition activities; 3) discussions; 4) self-reflections; 5) goal setting activities for healthier eating and physical activity; 6) food and beverage tasting experiences; and 7) parent-child reflections. Lesson details are provided below. Incentive items will be distributed throughout the 12-week intervention. Adult educators will lead FFP lessons, while peer-educators will lead PE-FFP lessons. Study personnel will be present at each lesson, along with Illinois-Trans-disciplinary Obesity Prevention Program (I-TOPP) trainees to monitor each session and to conduct extension measures.

Lesson details:

1. Introduction to Fitness; For children: Introductions; ice-breakers; health and wellness; family physical activities and foods Energy balance; physical activity environment; body image; vegetables and fruits; family fitness For parents: An Introduction to family Fitness

2. Culinary Skills; For children: Knife safety; knife selection; cooking methods and utensils; focus on vegetables and fruits

3. Culinary Skills in Action; For children: Slicing, measuring, tasting vegetables and fruits; vegetable and fruit dishes

4. Physical Activity: Using Dietary Guidelines for Healthy Food Choices; For children and parents: Balancing calories to manage weight; energy; growth and development; growth charts; family physical activity values; building healthy eating patterns; nutrient-dense foods; flexible food patterns; vegetables and fruits; whole grains; seafood; family food choices; family food values

5. Breakfast for All; For children and parents: Increasing specific foods and nutrients; whole grains; vegetables and fruits; nutrients of concern (dietary fiber and potassium); flexible food patterns; family eating patterns; finding family time for healthy food choices and physical activities

6. Healthy Snacking and Healthy Food Choices; For children: Reducing certain foods and food components; energy-dense foods; solid fats and added sugars; sodium; refined grains; label reading (Nutrition Facts label); goal setting for food and snack choices; family snack choices For parents: Identifying and Overcoming Resistance to Change

7. Eating Out and Fast Foods; For children: Reducing certain foods and food components; label reading; menu reading; finding fats and oils; portion sizes; food advertising; food environment; eating at home with family or eating out choices

8. Healthy Beverages; For children: Increasing specific foods and nutrients; non-fat milk and dairy; water; nutrients of concern (calcium and vitamin D); food and health connections; practicing culinary skills

9. Setting Limits on Sweets and Fats; For children: Reducing certain foods and food components; finding fats and sugars in foods; practicing culinary skills; goal setting for food choices

10. Maintaining Physical Activity and Healthy Eating Patterns; For children: Balancing calories to maintain weight; Building healthy eating patterns; flexible approaches to eating; variety, balance and moderation; label reading; vegetables and fruits; whole grains; non-fat milk and dairy; seafood; oils; physical activities for the family

11. Family Menu Planning; Family food preferences and health needs; food costs and budgeting; family menus; shopping lists; family food purchasing

12. Grocery Shopping; For children: Field trip; in-store choices and selections; food costing; Wrap-Up

Conditions

Obesity; Physical Activity

Study Design

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

Study Groups

Peer-education Family Fitness Program

Peer educators (children in grade 8) recruited from the schools participating in the study will be trained and will then be implementing the 12 week Peer-education Family Fitness Program (PE-FFP) intervention to children in 6th and 7th grade.

Group Type: EXPERIMENTAL

Peer-Education Family Fitness Program (PE-FFP)

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The proposed integrated project will be implemented by peers and will evaluate the effects of an evidence-based extension education program, grounded in Stages of Change Learning Theory and guided by Social Cognitive Theory (SCT), having 2 arms for the study (with and without a peer-education mode of delivery) on balancing calories to manage body weight (BW), reducing certain foods and food components, increasing selected foods and nutrients, building healthy eating patterns \[i.e., fundamental principles of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs), 2010\] and SCT variables.

Family Fitness Program (FFP)

Adult educators recruited from the University of Illinois Extension or the community will be trained and will then be implementing the 12 week Family Fitness Program (FFP) intervention to children in 6th and 7th grade.

Group Type: OTHER

Family Fitness Program (FFP)

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

The proposed integrated project will be implemented by adults and will evaluate the effects of an evidence-based extension education program, grounded in Stages of Change Learning Theory and guided by Social Cognitive Theory (SCT), having 2 arms for the study (with and without a peer-education mode of delivery) on balancing calories to manage body weight (BW), reducing certain foods and food components, increasing selected foods and nutrients, building healthy eating patterns \[i.e., fundamental principles of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs), 2010\] and SCT variables.

Interventions

Peer-Education Family Fitness Program (PE-FFP)

The proposed integrated project will be implemented by peers and will evaluate the effects of an evidence-based extension education program, grounded in Stages of Change Learning Theory and guided by Social Cognitive Theory (SCT), having 2 arms for the study (with and without a peer-education mode of delivery) on balancing calories to manage body weight (BW), reducing certain foods and food components, increasing selected foods and nutrients, building healthy eating patterns \[i.e., fundamental principles of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs), 2010\] and SCT variables.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Family Fitness Program (FFP)

The proposed integrated project will be implemented by adults and will evaluate the effects of an evidence-based extension education program, grounded in Stages of Change Learning Theory and guided by Social Cognitive Theory (SCT), having 2 arms for the study (with and without a peer-education mode of delivery) on balancing calories to manage body weight (BW), reducing certain foods and food components, increasing selected foods and nutrients, building healthy eating patterns \[i.e., fundamental principles of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs), 2010\] and SCT variables.

Intervention Type: BEHAVIORAL

Other Intervention Names

PAWS Club: Peer-education About Weight Steadiness; PAWS Club: Peer-education About Weight Steadiness

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Children in grade 6 or grade 7, 11-14 years old and their parents, enrolled in the schools participating in the study

Exclusion Criteria

• Children younger than 11 years or older than 14 years, not enrolled in the schools participating in the study

• Minimum Eligible Age: 11 Years
• Maximum Eligible Age: 14 Years
• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

Sponsors

Penn State University

OTHER

Sponsor Role: collaborator

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Responsibility Role: SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

Sharon Nickols-Richardson, PhD, RD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Locations

Franklin Middle School

Champaign, Illinois, United States

Jefferson Middle School

Champaign, Illinois, United States

Mahomet Seymour-Junior High School

Mahomet, Illinois, United States

Urbana Middle School

Urbana, Illinois, United States

Countries

United States

References

Muzaffar H, Nikolaus CJ, Ogolsky BG, Lane A, Liguori C, Nickols-Richardson SM. Promoting Cooking, Nutrition, and Physical Activity in Afterschool Settings. Am J Health Behav. 2019 Nov 1;43(6):1050-1063. doi: 10.5993/AJHB.43.6.4.

Reference Type: DERIVED

PMID: 31662165 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

2012-68001-19652

Identifier Type: OTHER_GRANT

Identifier Source: secondary_id

UIllinoisUC

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id