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Physical Activity and Academic Achievement Across the Curriculum (A+PAAC)

NCT01699295 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 584

Last updated 2016-01-12

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Summary

There is currently considerable interest in both improving academic achievement (No Child Left Behind) and reducing the rates of obesity and its associated negative health consequences in elementary school students. Increased physical activity (PA) offers a potential intervention to address both issues. Evidence is available which suggests an association of PA with both academic achievement and obesity, and an association between obesity and academic achievement.

To provide increased PA while maintaining academic instruction time, we developed a program we call "Physical Activity Across the Curriculum" (PAAC) in which regular classroom teachers were trained to deliver academic lessons using moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) for 20 minutes/d, 5 days/wk. This study is looking to compare academic achievement between students in elementary schools that participate in academic lessons taught through MVPA (PAAC) to students that do not (CON).

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

A+PAAC

academic lessons delivered by regular classroom teachers using moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) for 20 minutes/day, 5 days/week.

BEHAVIORAL

CON

lessons taught by regular classroom teachers using traditional/regular sedentary lessons

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Joseph Donnelly

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Joseph Donnelly, EDD · University of Kansas Medical Center

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2011-09-30
Primary Completion
2014-06-30
Completion
2015-06-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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Diseases

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