ACTION PAC: Adolescents Committed to Improvement of Nutrition & Physical Activity

University of New Mexico (UNM)

Status: Completed

Conditions: Overweight; Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: ACTION PAC; Behavioral: Communication with parents

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02502383

R01HL118734

Details and patient eligibility

About

Using a previously created weight management program for adolescents, the intervention will be implemented through school-based health centers (SBHC) and will be delivered by SBHC providers trained in Motivational Interviewing. Students at intervention school sites will be compared to students at control school sites. All students will have baseline, 1 year, and 2 year follow-up to assess if students in the intervention school sites will have improved risk factor profile for metabolic syndrome, improved nutrition and increased physical activity when compared with students at control school sites.

Enrollment: 991 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 13 to 20 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• enrolled in 9th or 10th grade at participating schools

Exclusion criteria

• blood pressure in the range of stage 2 hypertension
• previously diagnosed type 1 or type 2 diabetes
• use of corticosteroids, antipsychotics, metformin, antihypertensive medications, and medications used for dyslipidemia
• inability to perform moderate to vigorous physical activity
• not ambulatory
• a score of 20 or more on Eating Attitudes Test (EAT)-26 screening measure
• developmental disorders that affect weight or ability to understand the study procedures or counseling

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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991 participants in 2 patient groups

ACTION PAC Behavioral Intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Students attending intervention schools will receive the ACTION PAC intervention and communication of BMI and other health results to parents via a letter.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Communication with parents

Behavioral: ACTION PAC

Comparison

Active Comparator group

Description:

Students attending comparison schools will receive communication of BMI and other health results to parents via a letter.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Communication with parents