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Healthy Habits, Healthy Girls Preventing Unhealthy Weight Gain

NCT02228447 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 244

Last updated 2014-09-03

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of a multicomponent school-based intervention based on Bandura's Social Cognitive Theory targeting healthy eating and physical activity for high school adolescent girls from low-income communities in the city of São Paulo, Brazil.

Conditions

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Healthy Habits, Healthy Girls Group

The intervention group will receive a 6-month multicomponent intervention (i.e., enhanced physical education classes; interactive seminars; nutrition workshops; text messages; and parents newsletters) and materials (i.e., nutrition and PA handbooks; cooking books; Choreographies CDs and PA leadership handbook).

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Sao Paulo

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sonia Tucunduva Philippi, PhD · School of Public Health University of São Paulo

  • Ana Carolina Barco Leme, Master · School of Public Health, University of São Paulo

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
14 Years
Max Age
19 Years
Sex
FEMALE
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-02-28
Primary Completion
2014-08-31
Completion
2015-02-28

Countries

  • Brazil

Study Locations

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Entities

Diseases

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