Primary Prevention of Obesity in American Indian Youth in Rural Tribal Schools
Recruiting · NCT06864468 · Interventional (participants receive a specific treatment) · Lead sponsor: Northern Arizona University
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What this trial is about
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
Who can take part
Inclusion criteria
- students enrolled in the 4th and 3rd grades at one of the participating schools, has parental consent, ability to attend baseline assessment, and the 3-day summer camp -
Exclusion criteria
- any student not in either the 3rd or 4th grades, and youth who have not completed an application with any known allergies or limitations to physical activity will not be included
Where it is running
3 locations listed across 1 US state.
- Northern Arizona University - Flagstaff, Arizona, United States
- Northern Arizona University - Flagstaff, Arizona, United States
- Northern Arizona University - Flagstaff, Arizona, United States