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Challenge!, a Health Promotion/ Obesity Prevention Program for Teens

NCT00746083 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 235

Last updated 2019-08-16

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Summary

The purpose of Challenge! is to determine if adolescents enrolled in a health promotion/ obesity prevention program will have a healthier BMI-for-age z-score and body composition (body fat %), will consume a healthier diet, and engage in higher levels of physical activity compared to those that did not receive the intervention over time.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Challenge!

Each adolescent in the intervention group received 12 lessons administered in adolescent's home or community by a "personal trainer" (a college-aged mentor). The lessons focused on behavior change relating to diet and physical activity and was based on social cognitive theory. At the end of each lesson the adolescent set a behavior change goal for themselves. The adolescents were taught how to track their goals and they discussed thir ability/inability to meet their goals at each meeting with their personal trainer.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Annie E. Casey Foundation

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • The Thomas Wilson Sanitarium for Children of Baltimore City

    collaborator OTHER

  • Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Massachusetts, Worcester

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Maryland, Baltimore

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Maureen M Black, PhD · University of Maryland School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, United States

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
QUADRUPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
11 Years
Max Age
16 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2001-04-30
Primary Completion
2005-07-31
Completion
2007-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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