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Healthy Kids-Houston: A Community Childhood Obesity Intervention Program

NCT00994084 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1094

Last updated 2015-01-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The collaborative study is to determine the effectiveness of an after-school community-based program to prevent obesity among minority children.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Healthy Kids-Houston program

Children receive 90 minutes of after-school structured physical activities and 30 minutes of nutrition and behavior lessons twice a week during three 6-week sessions at the community centers. The 6-week sessions take place once in the fall, once in early spring and once in late spring.

BEHAVIORAL

Control

Children do not receive the Healthy Kids-Houston behavior modification program but will participate in the regular after-school enrichment programs offered by the community centers.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Baylor College of Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • William W Wong, PhD · Baylor College of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-09-30
Primary Completion
2013-08-31
Completion
2013-08-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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