Status:
COMPLETED
Sports to Prevent Obesity
Lead Sponsor:
Stanford University
Collaborating Sponsors:
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Conditions:
Obesity
Eligibility:
All Genders
8-11 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to learn whether overweight children who participate in an after school team sports program improve their health as much as overweight children in a more traditional healt...
Detailed Description
There is an urgent need for feasible, effective, and cost-efficient programs to help overweight children control their weight. To start to address this unmet need, we are evaluating after school team ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- In the participating school district
- 8-11.9 years old
- BMI \>= 85th percentile for age and sex on the 2000 Centers for Disease Control (CDC) growth charts
- Clearance to participate from medical care provider
- Willing, able, and available to attend an after school program
- Not planning to move from school district within the next 12 months
- Speaks and reads English or Spanish
- Child has not repeated more than one grade in school
- Completion of signed active informed consent (parent or guardian) and assent (child) to participate, which includes a description of the two interventions and requires their willingness to be randomized.
Exclusion
- The investigators' goal is to be as inclusive as possible, however, children will not be eligible to participate if they:
- Have a condition that limits their participation in physical activity enough that they are not able to participate in Physical Education at school (e.g. significant structural heart disease)
- Have been diagnosed with a chronic illness that affects their growth and/or weight (e.g. type 1 diabetes, hypothyroidism, inflammatory bowel disease)
- Have taken systemic steroids (oral, intravenous, or intramuscular) for a period of more than 21 days in the past year
- Are taking other medications affecting their growth and/or weight \[e.g. methylphenidate hydrochloride (HCL)\]
- Are pregnant
- Are unable to complete the informed consent process
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 1 2006
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 1 2008
Estimated Enrollment :
79 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00318877
Start Date
May 1 2006
End Date
July 1 2008
Last Update
December 17 2012
Active Locations (1)
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Stanford Prevention Research Center
Palo Alto, California, United States, 94305