Nudging, Healthy Diet and Physical Activity

Rio de Janeiro State University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: educational activities; Behavioral: nudging; Behavioral: nudging + educational activities

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03136016

nudgingpaappas

Details and patient eligibility

About

The present study is a randomized school-based trial of a sample of 5th and 6th grade students from 10 public schools in the municipality of Duque de Caxias, metropolitan area of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The aim is to investigate whether adding nudging actions to the intervention group of PAAPPAS trial (PAAPAS Study, NCT02711488) increase fruits, vegetables and water consumption and daily energy expenditure, in a factorial design.

Enrollment: 1,000 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 9 to 15 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

5th and 6th grades students consent form signed by parents/tutors

Exclusion criteria

pregnant girls

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Factorial Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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1,000 participants in 4 patient groups

control

No Intervention group

Description:

without any activity

educational activities

Experimental group

Description:

The students will receive educational activities in the classroom.

Treatment:

Behavioral: educational activities

nudging

Experimental group

Description:

The students will receive changes in the school environment (nudge strategies);

Treatment:

Behavioral: nudging

nudging + educational activities

Experimental group

Description:

The students will receive educational activities and changes in the school environment.

Treatment:

Behavioral: nudging + educational activities