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Achieving Energy Balance in Post Partum Teens

NCT01617486 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1325

Last updated 2012-06-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This proposal will test Balance Adolescent Lifestyle Activities and Nutrition Choices for Energy (BALANCE), a multilevel intervention administered through Parents as Teachers (PAT) and designed to reduce overweight in postpartum teens. The intervention will focus on the replacement of 'obesogenic' patterns (such as high soda intake, excess portion size, and sedentary activity) with 'energy' patterns (such as water consumption, appropriate portion size, and walking).

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

BALANCE

The intervention will focus on the replacement of 'obesogenic' patterns (such as high soda intake, excess portion size, and sedentary activity) with 'energy' patterns (such as water consumption, appropriate portion size, and walking).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Washington University School of Medicine

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Debra Haire-Joshu, PhD · Washington University School of Medicine

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
12 Years
Max Age
20 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-01-31
Primary Completion
2009-05-31
Completion
2009-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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