N/A
N=2,060
The Louisiana (LA) Health Project
Childhood Obesity
Bottom Line
View on ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT00289315 ↗Enrolled (actual)
2,060
Serious AEs
0.0%
Results posted
Jun 2018
Primary outcome: Primary: % Body Fat (Boys) — -1.3; -2.0; -0.11 percentage of body fat
Study Design & Population
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- N/A
- Interventions
- Primary (Environmental) Weight Gain Prevention (Behavioral); Secondary (Behavioral) Weight Gain Prevention (Behavioral); Control (Behavioral)
- Age
- Pediatric, Adult, Older Adult
- Sex
- All
- Sponsor
- Pennington Biomedical Research Center
- Primary completion
- May 2009
Outcome Measures
| Outcome | Result | p-value |
|---|---|---|
| PRIMARY % Body Fat (Boys) |
-1.3; -2.0; -0.11 | — |
| PRIMARY BMI Z-score (Boys) |
0.022; 0.01; 0.055 | — |
| PRIMARY % Body Fat (Girls) |
2.8; 3.0; 3.9 | — |
| PRIMARY BMI Z-score (Girls) |
.017; .069; .076 | — |
Summary
There is a worldwide pandemic of obesity with far-reaching consequences for the health of our nation. Obesity is the second leading cause of preventable death in the United States. Prevention of obesity, especially in children, has been deemed by public health policy makers to be one of the most important objectives for our country.
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- Being one of the LA GEAR UP middle schools or a feeder elementary school
- Having an enrollment of at least 100 students per school
- All students in grades 4-6 of participating schools
Exclusion Criteria
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Data sourced from ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT00289315). Outcome figures and adverse-event rates are extracted automatically from the registry's posted results and are provided for clinician reference, not as a substitute for the primary publication.