Clinical trial NCT03010644: Summer Weight and Environmental Assessment Trial
Official title: Summer Weight and Environmental Assessment Trial (SWEAT)
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Childhood Obesity
Lead sponsor: Ohio State University
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: USDA North Central - Nutrition Education Center of Excellence
First posted: 2017-01-05
Enrollment: 152
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 4
Maximum age (years): 12
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Racially and ethnically diverse convenience sample of disadvantaged school-age children

Brief summary: The consequences of childhood obesity are devastating, affecting the physical and mental health of children. Disadvantaged school-age children are at risk for unhealthy gains in BMI during the summer months and there is a dearth of information regarding the causal health behaviors and environmental factors. The overall objective of this application is to provide an in depth examination of key dietary and physical activity behaviors as well as the food, physical activity, and social environments of low-income, racial/ethnic school-age children. To achieve this goal, an observational study utilizing a multi-state prospective cohort design will be conducted with the goal of examining the weight gain trajectory among a racially and ethnically diverse convenience sample of disadvantaged school-age children who routinely attend structured programming during the summer months and those who don't participate in structured programming. In addition, a subset of these children will be evaluated to learn their daily health behaviors, as well as their food, physical activity, and social environments during the summer. Identification of determinants of program participation and factors that may enhance the beneficial effects of program participation will also occur. A social ecological framework approach will guide the research. This study can be expected to have a significant positive impact by providing information on the factors that protect disadvantaged children from unhealthy weight gain during the summer which can be used by stakeholders at the local, state, and federal level to reform current policy that will increase child participation in health promoting programming during the summer window of risk.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* School-aged children (rising kindergartners through rising 5th graders) attending schools in the target neighborhoods.

Exclusion Criteria:

* None

Primary outcomes:
measure: Change in BMI
timeFrame: Baseline (beginning of summer), T1 (5 weeks), T2 (10 weeks), T3 (22 weeks)
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: West Lafayette
country: United States
facility: Purdue University
state: Indiana
city: Columbus
country: United States
facility: The Ohio State University
state: Ohio
Study officials:
References:
citation: Hopkins LC, Tiba S, Westrick M, Gunther C. The Diet Quality of a Sample of Predominantly Racial Minority Children From Low-Income Households Is Lower During the Summer vs School Year: Results From the Project Summer Weight and Environmental Assessment Trial Substudy. J Acad Nutr Diet. 2021 Jan;121(1):112-120. doi: 10.1016/j.jand.2020.06.013. Epub 2020 Aug 14.
citation: Hopkins LC, Penicka C, Evich C, Jones B, Gunther C. Project SWEAT (Summer Weight and Environmental Assessment Trial): study protocol of an observational study using a multistate, prospective design that examines the weight gain trajectory among a racially and ethnically diverse convenience sample of economically disadvantaged school-age children. BMJ Open. 2018 Aug 29;8(8):e021168. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2017-021168.