Systems-oriented School Healthy Weight Promotion Based on NASA Mission X Campaign

Mackay Medical College

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Pediatric Obesity

Treatments: Behavioral: Adapted NASA's Mission X program

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03355131

15MMHISO90

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study assessed the effect of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA's) Mission X (MX) program on children's knowledge, attitude, and practice of healthy eating and active living (HEAL) and weight status in rural elementary schools in Taiwan.

Enrollment: 245 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 8 to 12 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• The thirteen public elementary schools in Tamsui, Sanzhi and Shimen Districts, New Taipei City, Taiwan, were the target population. Schools that were in distance within 30 minutes by car from Mackay Medical College were approached. Eight schools agreed to participate. All 3rd and 4th graders of the participating schools were invited to the evaluation program.

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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245 participants in 2 patient groups

Adapted NASA's Mission X program

Experimental group

Description:

Adapted NASA's Mission X program for the intervention group

Treatment:

Behavioral: Adapted NASA's Mission X program

Mission X Control

No Intervention group

Description:

no intervention