MedTrace Logo

Educational Program and Schoolchildren's Energy Expenditure

NCT02024763 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 352

Last updated 2013-12-31

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of a classroom teachers' educational intervention on 1st and 2nd grades children's physical activity level and energy expenditure during physical education classes in elementary public schools, in São Paulo, Brazil.

Conditions

  • Physical Activity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Educational Intervention

Intervention was applied to classroom teachers by the multidisciplinary team of the RRIDA Project. Training lasted six weeks, 12 hours devoted to physical activity and 18 hours to nutritional content. Modules of educational activities to classroom teachers were to be replicated at PE classes to children from 1st and 2nd grades of three exposed schools. The physical activity module was based on a theoretical approach of physical activity benefits and risks for health, children's physical fitness and activity patterns, physical education and change behavior models.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Federal University of São Paulo

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jose Augusto AC Taddei, MD, Dr PH · Federal University of São Paulo

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
1999-09-30
Primary Completion
2000-11-30
Completion
2000-11-30

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

More Related Trials

Read the full study record

This page highlights key information. For complete eligibility criteria, study locations, investigator contacts, and the full protocol, visit the original record on ClinicalTrials.gov.

View NCT02024763 on ClinicalTrials.gov