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Reduce Obesity and Diabetes

NCT00954577 · Status: UNKNOWN · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 1000

Last updated 2009-08-07

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Summary

This study examines risk factors for type 2 diabetes in children representing multiple discrete ethnic groups. It also examines the short term effects of school-based health education supervised exercise on metabolic risk factors for type 2 diabetes mellitus in children. The investigators hypothesize that exercise and health education will significantly improve insulin sensitivity in all children, especially in children who are already insulin resistant, thereby lowering the risk that they will go on to develop type 2 diabetes mellitus. The specific hypotheses being tested are:

1. Insulin resistance will be most evident in overweight children while an impaired ability of the pancreas to release insulin will be most evident in children with a family history of type 2 diabetes mellitus.
2. Exercise will significantly improve insulin resistance (as measured by the fasting glucose/insulin ratio) with little effect on insulin secretory capacity in children.
3. Participation in a school-based health, nutrition, and exercise education program will have long term beneficial effects on health related behaviors and on insulin resistance in all children, regardless of their level of diabetes risk.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Nutrition, health, and exercise education

The classroom intervention is part of the routine science curriculum and consists of 14 sessions taught by the investigators. Topics covered include the development of type 2 diabetes, nutrition education, exercise education, and overall healthy lifestyle education (both at home and in school). The intervention is offered in each year to all grades and to all students, regardless of whether or not they are enrolled in the study. The exercise intervention is optional and consists of 2-3 sessions per week of aerobic exercise (dancing) taught by pediatric trainers and offered in lieu of regular gym classes.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Academy for Medical Development and Collaboration, New York

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
10 Years
Max Age
15 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2006-07-31
Primary Completion
2012-05-31
Completion
2012-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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