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Primary Prevention of Obesity in American Indian Youth in Rural Tribal Schools

NCT06864468 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 120

Last updated 2025-11-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The goal of this study is to learn if a culturally relevant health promotion curricula prevents obesity among 4th graders in rural tribal schools. The main questions it aims to answer are: 1) Does the health promotion curricula intervention increase diet and physical activity behaviors in 4th grade students? Researchers will compare 4th grade classes who will receive intervention at two intervention schools to 4th grades at two comparison schools who will not receive the intervention.

All participants will have their skin carotenoids assessed using Veggie Meter, complete 24-hour diet recall via telephone, height and weight measured, body composition, answer two surveys about perceptions of their school environment practices and diet patterns at school, wear accelerometers for 7 days

Conditions

  • Obesity Prevention
  • School Wellness Policy

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Health promotion curricula

3-day summer camp and 9-month health promotion curriculum that focuses on physical activity and nutrition

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Arizona

    collaborator OTHER

  • National Cancer Institute (NCI)

    collaborator NIH

  • Northern Arizona University

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
CROSSOVER

Eligibility

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

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-08-26
Primary Completion
2027-05-31
Completion
2027-05-31

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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