Community-Based Participatory Research to Improve Health and Quality of Life of Latino Youth: Every Little Step Counts (ELSC)

Arizona State University (ASU)

Status

Completed

Conditions

Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2

Treatments

Behavioral: Lifestyle Education Sessions and Youth Exercise Sessions

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

NIH

Identifiers

NCT01236794

P20MD002316 (U.S. NIH Grant/Contract)

P20MD002316ELSC

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to examine the effects of a lifestyle intervention program on type 2 diabetes risk factors and quality of life in overweight Latino youth.

Full description

With the increasing prevalence of obesity, the incidence of obesity-related co-morbidities including depression and type 2 diabetes have emerged as critical public health conditions. Furthermore, Latinos experience a disproportionately greater burden of these obesity-related disorders. Therefore, we have developed a 12-week community-based lifestyle intervention that includes weekly education sessions for children and their parents and 3 exercise sessions per week for youth. The program will be delivered at a local YMCA in the greater Phoenix Metropolitan area.

Enrollment

35 patients

Sex

All

Ages

14 to 85 years old

Volunteers

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Hispanic Ethnicity (Child and Parent)
Age 14-16 (Child) and Parent age < 85
BMI Percentile above the 85th (child)
Ability to read and speak English (child)

Exclusion criteria

Taking medication(s) or diagnosed with a condition that could influence exercise ability or carbohydrate metabolism (e.g., polycystic ovarian syndrome, exercise induced asthma, orthopedic limitations) (Child and (Parent OGTT only))
Involved in any formal weight-loss program in the past 6 months (Child)
Diagnosed diabetes (type 1 or type 2 Child)
Weight is less than 110 Ibs (Child and Parent)