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Dairy Foods and Blood Pressure in Multi-Ethnic Children

NCT00495105 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 2115

Last updated 2013-02-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

To prevent excess increases in blood pressure in children by providing two servings of dairy foods as snacks daily at school. We hypothesize that children who receive the two dairy snacks will exhibit significantly less of an increase in blood pressure over six months as compared to control children.

Conditions

  • Blood Pressure, High

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Two Servings of Dairy Snacks

2 servings of dairy products as snacks at school to third, fourth, and fifth grade students each day for 24 weeks. The serving size of each dairy snack is based on its calcium content with the goal of adding an extra 300 mg of calcium to the intervention group's daily intake.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Debra K. Sullivan, PhD, RD

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Debra K. Sullivan, PhD, RD, LD · University of Kansas Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
8 Years
Max Age
12 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-08-31
Primary Completion
2009-05-31
Completion
2009-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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