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A Gardening Program to Assess Unhealthy Lifestyle Contributions to Summer Weight Gain in Children

NCT00974727 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 12

Last updated 2015-10-05

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of a summer gardening program on summer weight gain in overweight middle school children.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Garden Fit

8-week summer gardening program. 9am-12pm on Monday, Wednesday, Friday and 9am-12:30pm on Tuesday and Thursday. Activities included gardening (preparing soil for planting, planting seeds and seedlings, mulching, weeding, watering, and harvesting), preparing meals with fresh foods from the garden, and other garden activities and games.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Wisconsin, Madison

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Dale Schoeller, Ph.D. · University of Wisconsin, Department of Nutritional Sciences

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
10 Years
Max Age
14 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

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

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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