Clinical trial NCT03182621: Comprehensive Versus Traditional Lifestyle Program
Official title: THINK (Translational Health in Nutrition and Kinesiology) Junior Edition
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Obesity
Physical Fitness
Cognitive Function 1, Social
Keywords: Physical Fitness
Body Composition
Executive Cognitive Function
Lead sponsor: University of Miami
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: University of Tennessee
First posted: 2017-06-09
Enrollment: 105
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 8
Maximum age (years): 12
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: OTHER

Brief summary: 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.

Detailed 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.

Eligibility criteria: 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.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in Aerobic Fitness
timeFrame: Baseline and 10 Weeks
measure: Change in Grip Strength
timeFrame: Baseline and 10 Weeks
measure: Change in Abdominal Strength
timeFrame: Baseline and 10 Weeks
measure: Change in Lower Body Strength
timeFrame: Baseline and 10 Weeks
measure: Change in Percent Body Fat
timeFrame: Baseline and 10 Weeks
measure: Change in BMIz
timeFrame: Baseline and 10 Weeks
measure: Change in Visceral Abdominal Fat
timeFrame: Baseline and 10 Weeks
measure: Change in Waist circumference
timeFrame: Baseline and 10 Weeks
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: University of Miami
name: Arlette Perry, PhD
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
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