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Modifying Dietary Behavior in Adolescents With Elevated Blood Pressure

NCT00585832 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 207

Last updated 2022-06-14

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Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the long term effects of a 24-week clinically-based behavioral nutrition intervention emphasizing the DASH diet compared to routine nutrition care on changing diet quality, blood pressure, hypertension status, and vascular function in adolescents with elevated blood pressure.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

DASH-4-Teens

24-week behavioral nutrition intervention emphasizing a diet high in fruits, vegetables and low fat dairy foods and that is low in fat and sodium

OTHER

Routine Care

individual in-person counseling sessions on guidelines consistent with the Fourth Pediatric Report of the National High Blood Pressure Education Program.

Sponsors & Collaborators

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

    collaborator NIH

  • University of Cincinnati

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sarah C Couch, Ph.D. · University of Cincinnati

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
11 Years
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2008-02-29
Primary Completion
2013-10-31
Completion
2014-10-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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