Physical Activity, Weight and Fitness Outcomes in Children in After-Care

Obesity Clinical Trial

Official title:

Impact Analysis of Metro Parks' After-School Programming on Physical Activity, Weight and Fitness Outcomes

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01063413
• Other study ID #: 090986
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• First received: February 3, 2010
• Last updated: November 2, 2017
• Start date: February 2010
• Est. completion date: May 2010

Study information

• Verified date: January 2017
• Source: Wake Forest University Health Sciences
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the effect of two after-school programs on children's physical activity, fitness, body composition, and academic performance.

Description:

Tennessee ranks 4th for the highest prevalence of adult obesity in the nation (30.2%), and ranks 5th for the highest rate of youth obesity (36.5%). The Division of General Pediatrics at Vanderbilt has a specific research focus to develop community engagement projects that measurably reduce childhood obesity. Metro Parks and Recreation has been showcased by the National Recreation and Parks Association (NRPA) as a national model for its leadership role in community health and wellness. The two have created a unique academic-community partnership, guided by principals of community-based participatory research (CBPR), that is working to test and disseminate effective Metro Parks-based programs to reduce pediatric obesity. The proposed study will examine the impact of the Coleman Community Center after-school program on routine physical activity, weight and fitness outcomes in children who belong to the low-income and racial and ethnic minority populations at highest risk for childhood obesity. This study was requested by Metro Parks and has significant policy implications: If the program is deemed effective in improving daily physical activity, weight and/or fitness outcomes in students, the proposed study will serve as the rationale to expand the program to Metro Parks' 22 community centers, all of which are located in under-resourced neighborhoods.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 97
• Est. completion date: May 2010
• Est. primary completion date: May 2010
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 5 Years to 15 Years

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• 5 - 15 years

• enrolled in public school district

• parental permission to access school records

Exclusion Criteria:

• under 5 or over 15

• no parental permission to access school records

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Exercise
• Obesity

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Metro Parks & Recreation - Coleman Park Regional Center	Nashville	Tennessee
United States	YMCA Fun Company - Glencliff Elementary School	Nashville	Tennessee

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

References & Publications (4)

Gesell SB, Sommer EC, Lambert EW, Vides de Andrade AR, Whitaker L, Davis L, Beech BM, Mitchell SJ, Arinze N, Neloms S, Ryan CK, Barkin SL. Comparative effectiveness of after-school programs to increase physical activity. J Obes. 2013;2013:576821. doi: 10. — View Citation

Gesell SB, Tesdahl E, Ruchman E. The distribution of physical activity in an after-school friendship network. Pediatrics. 2012 Jun;129(6):1064-71. doi: 10.1542/peds.2011-2567. Epub 2012 May 28. — View Citation

Henry T, Gesell SB, Ip EH. Analyzing heterogeneity in the effects of physical activity in children on social network structure and peer selection dynamics. Netw Sci (Camb Univ Press). 2016 Sep;4(3):336-363. Epub 2016 May 12. — View Citation

Zhang J, Shoham DA, Tesdahl E, Gesell SB. Network interventions on physical activity in an afterschool program: an agent-based social network study. Am J Public Health. 2015 Apr;105 Suppl 2:S236-43. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2014.302277. Epub 2015 Feb 17. — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Physical activity measured by actigraphy		3 weeks over 3 months
Secondary	Body composition measured by bioelectrical impedance		3 times over 3 months
Secondary	Cardiovascular fitness measured by 1/2 mile run/walk		3 times over 3 months