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Healthy Buddies Manitoba

NCT01979978 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 647

Last updated 2013-11-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

School-based interventions are generally ineffective for preventing weight gain in children. In 2007, a group from the University of British Columbia, developed a program called Healthy Buddies, that relied on peer mentors to help young children adopt healthy living behaviours. Pilot studies revealed that the program effectively prevented weight gain in children. This trial had never been tested on a large scale using a more scientifically sound study design. We developed a large school-based randomized trial to overcome that limitation and test the hypothesis that that a school-based peer-led healthy living program would reduce adiposity and increase physical activity among children 6-12yrs old.

Conditions

  • Healthy Children
  • Elementary School Age
  • Rural and Urban
  • First Nations

Interventions

OTHER

Healthy Buddies Curriculum

Each week, intermediate students will receive a 45-minute healthy-living lesson plan from their classroom teacher. Later that week, intermediate students will serve as peer mentors ("Buddies"), teaching a 30-minute lesson to their younger students. The Physical activity (i.e."Go Move!") component of the lesson plans includes 30-minutes of structured aerobic fitness sessions, called fitness loops, with the student pairs twice weekly. The dietary ("Go Fuel!") component includes lessons about distinguishing nutritious and from unhealthy (nutrient poor-energy rich) foods and beverages. The body image ("Go Feel Good!") component, the students are taught to value classmates based on individual traits rather than peer influence.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Manitoba

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Rob Santos, PhD · Healthy Child Manitoba

  • Jon McGavock, PhD · Manitoba Institute of Child Health

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-09-30
Primary Completion
2010-06-30
Completion
2013-05-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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