Healthy Buddies Manitoba

University of Manitoba

Status: Completed

Conditions: Rural and Urban; First Nations; Healthy Children; Elementary School Age

Treatments: Other: Healthy Buddies Curriculum

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01979978

H2009:205

Details and patient eligibility

About

School-based interventions are generally ineffective for preventing weight gain in children. In 2007, a group from the University of British Columbia, developed a program called Healthy Buddies, that relied on peer mentors to help young children adopt healthy living behaviours. Pilot studies revealed that the program effectively prevented weight gain in children. This trial had never been tested on a large scale using a more scientifically sound study design. We developed a large school-based randomized trial to overcome that limitation and test the hypothesis that that a school-based peer-led healthy living program would reduce adiposity and increase physical activity among children 6-12yrs old.

Enrollment: 647 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 7 to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Participating schools need to meet the following eligibility criteria: (1) were within provincial jurisdiction, (2) had a minimum of 200 students per school, (3) offered grades 1 through 6.

Exclusion criteria

• Children will be excluded if consent was not received from parents or if they had a condition that limited participation in physical activity.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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647 participants in 2 patient groups

Healthy Buddies Curriculum

Experimental group

Description:

Healthy buddies curriculum delivered by older peers weekly covering three components of healthy living: Physical activity, healthy eating and a healthy body image.

Treatment:

Other: Healthy Buddies Curriculum

Control

No Intervention group

Description:

This group received standard school curriculum.