Comprehensive Versus Traditional Lifestyle Program

University of Miami

Status: Completed

Conditions: Physical Fitness; Obesity; Cognitive Function 1, Social

Treatments: Behavioral: THINK; Behavioral: SPARK

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03182621

20120486

Details and patient eligibility

About

Despite recommends that school-based interventions use a comprehensive approach for health promotions; most fitness programs exclusively emphasize physical activity. This study compared the comprehensive Translational Health in Nutrition and Kinesiology (THINK) program to a traditional YMCA program (The Sports, Play, and Active Recreation for Kids (SPARK) fitness curriculum) on measures of physical fitness, body composition, and executive cognitive function outcomes among 105 ethnic minority children (9±1.03 years old) following a 10-week intervention period.

Full description

Despite recommendations that school-based interventions use a comprehensive approaches for health promotions; most fitness programs exclusively emphasize physical activity. This study compared the comprehensive Translational Health in Nutrition and Kinesiology (THINK) program to a traditional YMCA program (The Sports, Play, and Active Recreation for Kids (SPARK) fitness curriculum) on measures of physical fitness, body composition, and executive cognitive function outcomes among 105 predominantly, ethnic minority children (9±1.03 years old) following a 10week intervention period.

Enrollment: 105 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 12 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• To be eligible for this study, subjects had to be between the ages of eight and 12, enrolled in a YMCA program, and able to participate in physical activity. Parents were provided with information packets regarding project details, a parental consent form, and a child assent form. Once the subjects assented and parents consented, a health questionnaire regarding child's age, gender, race/ethnicity, health history and SES was completed.

Exclusion criteria

• Subjects with metabolic, cardiovascular, neuromuscular and psychological disorders and with medications that would interfere with testing results were excluded from the study.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Other

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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105 participants in 2 patient groups

THINK

Experimental group

Description:

The Translational Health in Nutrition and Kinesiology (THINK) program will have education and fitness sessions lasting two hours, five times a week for a total of 10 weeks. Sessions will include theory, clinical laboratory activities, and physically active games to facilitate a fun environment to enhance physical and health-related fitness, improve nutrition and exercise knowledge and behaviors, and exercise enjoyment and self-confidence.

Treatment:

Behavioral: THINK

SPARK

Active Comparator group

Description:

This The Sports, Play, and Active Recreation for Kids (SPARK) group will receive the traditional YMCA SPARK after-school program. They will undergo the same pre and post testing protocol as the intervention group, but will not receive the THINK program.

Treatment:

Behavioral: SPARK