Peer Education About Weight Steadiness

Summary

The proposed integrated project will evaluate the effects of an evidence-based extension education program, Family Fitness Program (FFP) grounded in Stages of Change Learning Theory and guided by Social Cognitive Theory (SCT), with and without a peer-education mode of delivery on balancing calories to manage body weight (BW), reducing certain foods and food components, increasing selected foods and nutrients, building healthy eating patterns \[i.e., fundamental principles of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs), 2010\] and SCT variables. Briefly, the 12-week program will target early adolescent children, ages 11-14 years, test a peer-education approach to behavioral change and will be delivered as an after-school program in local middle schools in support of childhood obesity prevention. Data will be collected at baseline (preintervention), after the 12-week program (post-intervention) and 6 months after completion of the program (maintenance).

Conditions

• Obesity
• Physical Activity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Peer-Education Family Fitness Program (PE-FFP)

The proposed integrated project will be implemented by peers and will evaluate the effects of an evidence-based extension education program, grounded in Stages of Change Learning Theory and guided by Social Cognitive Theory (SCT), having 2 arms for the study (with and without a peer-education mode of delivery) on balancing calories to manage body weight (BW), reducing certain foods and food components, increasing selected foods and nutrients, building healthy eating patterns \[i.e., fundamental principles of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs), 2010\] and SCT variables.

BEHAVIORAL

Family Fitness Program (FFP)

The proposed integrated project will be implemented by adults and will evaluate the effects of an evidence-based extension education program, grounded in Stages of Change Learning Theory and guided by Social Cognitive Theory (SCT), having 2 arms for the study (with and without a peer-education mode of delivery) on balancing calories to manage body weight (BW), reducing certain foods and food components, increasing selected foods and nutrients, building healthy eating patterns \[i.e., fundamental principles of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGAs), 2010\] and SCT variables.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Penn State University

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Sharon Nickols-Richardson, PhD, RD · University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

11 Years

Max Age

14 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2015-05-31

Primary Completion

2018-05-31

Completion

2018-05-31

Countries

• United States

Study Locations