Status:
COMPLETED
Wellness Champions for Change
Lead Sponsor:
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Collaborating Sponsors:
United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)
University of Maryland, College Park
Conditions:
Obesity, Childhood
Eligibility:
All Genders
7-16 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The Wellness Champions for Change (WCC) study aims to reduce pediatric obesity among students who attend schools in Maryland by training teacher and student-led wellness teams to increase opportunitie...
Detailed Description
The long-term goal of this project is to create health promoting school environments that support healthy growth and development of children in order to prevent obesity. The approach for creating heal...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Student attends a school that the Wellness Champions for Change Study has selected for the intervention year
- Student is enrolled in the correct grade during spring recruitment
- Student has the ability to read and write in English
- Student has the ability to complete grade level surveys independently
- Student has a participant caregiver
Exclusion
- Student has a health problem that would interfere with participation in physical education classes
- Student is enrolled in a special education class (Health Leaders/SWC only)
- Another student in the same grade living in the same household or who shares the same primary caregiver is already enrolled in the study (Evaluation Cohort Only)
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
May 26 2017
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
December 31 2021
Estimated Enrollment :
2773 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT03432715
Start Date
May 26 2017
End Date
December 31 2021
Last Update
February 28 2022
Active Locations (1)
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University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, Maryland, United States, 20201