School Gardens and Physical Activity

Cornell University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Physical Activity

Treatments: Behavioral: garden

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02148315

RWFJ 69550

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether school gardens affect children's physical activity.

Full description

New York State schools were randomly assigned to receive school gardens and associated curriculum or to serve on the wait list control group that received gardens and curriculum at the end of the 2-year study. Baseline data were collected in Fall 2011. Garden interventions began in Spring 2012. Follow-up data were collected at 6, 12, 18 months following baseline data collection.

Enrollment: 234 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 12 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• schools had at least 50% of enrolled children qualifying for free + reduced price meals (FRPM)
• schools did not already have a school garden

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

234 participants in 2 patient groups

garden intervention

Experimental group

Description:

garden kit and access to garden-based lessons

Treatment:

Behavioral: garden

no garden

No Intervention group

Description:

control - receives garden and lessons at end of study