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BMI Screening and Reporting in Schools: The Fit Study

NCT02088086 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 36452

Last updated 2021-11-04

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Summary

The Fit Study is a three-year, cluster-randomized controlled trial that will evaluate the impact of school-based body mass index (BMI) screening and reporting on child health. Seventy-nine California schools will be randomized to one of three groups: 1) BMI screening and reporting, 2) BMI screening, and 3) no BMI screening or reporting (control). Investigators will assess the impact of BMI reporting on students' BMI trajectories over three years. Investigators will also assess the impact of BMI screening on weight-based teasing, feelings of stigmatization, and weight-control behaviors among students.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

BMI screening

Students in grades 3-8 will have their heights and weights measured annually at school and their BMIs calculated.

BEHAVIORAL

BMI reporting

Schools will send a report home to parents that provides their child's height, weight, and BMI results.

BEHAVIORAL

Fitness testing

Students in grades 5-8 will participate in five fitness assessments (curl-ups, sit-ups, push-ups, sit-and-reach, and the PACER test or mile run) annually at school.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Kristine A Madsen, MD MPH · University of California, Berkeley

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
7 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-03-31
Primary Completion
2017-06-15
Completion
2017-07-15

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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

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