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Clinician Promotion of Healthy Diet and Activity to Reduce Obesity Among Adolescents: HEALTHY SMILES

NCT01510483 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 693

Last updated 2018-04-17

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Summary

This study will test an 18-month intervention designed to increase physical activity, reduce sedentary practices and promote healthy diets or reduce tobacco use and exposure among preteens who obtain orthodontic care. Relevance: If successful, this study may inform policies that would promote all specialists (orthodontists, physicians, general dentists) to deliver brief counseling for diet, physical activity, and tobacco prevention.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Obesity Prevention

Those in the experimental, obesity prevention, condition will be exposed to the office-wide intervention for diet and activity. The intervention will consist of training of orthodontists and office staff to provide appropriate social prompts, reinforcement and counseling, and modification of the offices to provide supportive physical and social resources for their patients and parents.

BEHAVIORAL

Tobacco Prevention

Those in the control, tobacco prevention, condition will be exposed to the office-wide intervention for avoidance of tobacco and second hand smoke. The intervention will consist of training of orthodontists and office staff to provide appropriate social prompts, reinforcement and counseling, and modification of the offices to provide supportive physical and social resources for their patients and parents.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • San Diego State University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Melbourne F Hovell, PhD, MPH · SDSU/GSPH

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-01-31
Primary Completion
2015-01-31
Completion
2015-01-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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