Clinical trial NCT00988754: School Based Health Promotion Program in Secondary Schools
Official title: School Children and Adolescents as Health Experts - Step 3
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Obesity
Cardiovascular Risk
Keywords: Obesity
childhood and adolescence
school and family-based lifestyle intervention
cardiovascular risk
Obesity and associated cardiovascular risk in childhood and adolescence,
health behaviour
Lead sponsor: Technical University of Munich
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Bavarian State Ministry of Health and Care
First posted: 2009-10-02
Enrollment: 595
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 9
Maximum age (years): 14
Standard ages: CHILD
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The purpose of the study is to determine whether a school based health promotion program in secondary schools is effective with respect to an increase of physical activity, physical fitness and health.

Detailed description: Current understanding of physical activity in childhood demonstrates the health benefits of regular exercise, such as improved cardiovascular fitness, skeletal health and prevention of overweight and obesity. The children obtained weekly health education lessons from their teachers to increase the physical activity in and outside of school and to improve health behavior (healthy food, no drugs) as well as the general well-being of children.

Monthly training for teachers and regular training (2-3x/year) for the parents complete the intervention.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Children in the 1. grade of secondary General Schools or Intermediate Schools with written consent from the parents in the greater Munich area

Exclusion Criteria:

* Children without written consent from their parents

Primary outcomes:
measure: Daily physical activity > 60 minutes
timeFrame: 4 years
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Physical fitness
timeFrame: 4 years
measure: Anthropometric parameters
timeFrame: 4 years
measure: Blood samples
timeFrame: 4 years
measure: Retinal vascular caliber
timeFrame: 4 years
measure: Lifestyle and socio-economic index
timeFrame: 4 years
measure: Arterial stiffness
timeFrame: 4 years
measure: Quality of life
timeFrame: 4 years
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Munich
country: Germany
facility: Department of Medicine, Division of Prevention, Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine, Technical University Munich
state: Bavaria
Study officials:
affiliation: Department of Medicine, Division of Prevention, Rehabilitation and Sports Medicine, Technical University Munich, Germany
name: Martin Halle, Prof., M.D.
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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