Interventions to Promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity in Lebanese School Children Targeting Overweight and Obesity.

January 31, 2017 updated by: American University of Beirut Medical Center
Evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of a multi-component school-based intervention to promote healthy eating and physical activity with school children ages 9 to 11 years in Lebanon.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

2276

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

9 years to 11 years (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Schoolchildren
  • Aged 9 to 11 years

Exclusion Criteria:

- no exclusion criteria

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Prevention
  • Allocation: Randomized
  • Interventional Model: Parallel Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Intervention group- Health-E-PALS
Group of students receiving the school-based intervention: Health-E-PALS, it consists of in class activities and lessons.
Other: Health-E-PALS-
Intervention to promote Healthy Eating and Physical Activity in Lebanese School-Children It comprises in class-activities, meetings with parents, improvement of school food service
No Intervention: Control group
Group of students not receiving any intervention

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in knowledge score
Time Frame: One school year
Change in the knowledge scores (the sum of correct answers) based on a scored questionnaire delivered during pre- and -post assessment phases
One school year
Change in dietary habits
Time Frame: One school year
Change in the percentage of children consuming sugary drinks, unhealthy and healthy snacks, fruits and vegetables/change in the percentage of children's physical activity frequency (self-reported in the questionnaires during pre- and -post assessment phases)
One school year
Change in self-efficacy score
Time Frame: One school year
Change in the self-efficacy scores (the sum of correct answers) based on a scored questionnaire delivered during pre- and -post assessment phases
One school year

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

American University of Beirut Medical Center

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Nahla Houalla, PhD, American University of Beirut Medical Center

Publications and helpful links

The person responsible for entering information about the study voluntarily provides these publications. These may be about anything related to the study.

General Publications

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (Actual)

February 10, 2009

Primary Completion (Actual)

June 10, 2013

Study Completion (Actual)

June 10, 2013

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

January 25, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 31, 2017

First Posted (Estimate)

February 2, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

February 2, 2017

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

January 31, 2017

Last Verified

January 1, 2017

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • NUT.NH.13

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

No

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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