Arkansas Active Kids! -Objective 3 (AAK)

Relationship of Physical Activity and Diet With Socio-demographic, Environmental, and Metabolic Factors in Arkansas Public School Children

This is a cross-sectional study aiming to identify how daily activities affect children's body fitness and general health. Also, the study will address how specific behaviors (such as diet and sleep) as well as neighborhood and home environment affect children's metabolic health and fitness level.

Study Overview

• Status: Completed
• Conditions: Physical Activity; Child

Detailed Description

The purpose of this study is to determine how daily activities, home, neighborhood and school environments affect Arkansas children's health. Children from Central Arkansas ages 7-10 years will be recruited to participate in a variety of physical activity tests including strength, flexibility, balance and endurance. During these tests, participants will perform tasks such as cycling on a stationary bike and extending and flexing their knees on a special type of chair. Body composition will be measured and blood, saliva, urine and stool samples collected. Participants and parents will be asked to complete questionnaires on physical activity, home and neighborhood environment as well as sleeping habits. Finally, participants will wear an accelerometer based monitor that will track their physical activity and sleeping patterns. One in person visit will take place at Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center (Little Rock, AR) and will last up to 8 hours. Reimbursement will be provided.

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Actual): 230

Contacts and Locations

Study Locations

• United States
  • Arkansas
    • Little Rock, Arkansas, United States, 72202
      • Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 7 years to 10 years (Child)
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: Yes

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Up to 300 pre-pubertal children ages 7 to 10 years old, both boys and girls, will be recruited from Central Arkansas.

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Ages 7 to 10 years
• Boys or girls
• All ethnicities
• All BMIs (all body types)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Severe persistent asthma (determined by daily use of oral/inhaled corticosteroid to keep asthma symptoms under control and/or frequent use of rescue inhaler)
• Type 2 diabetes mellitus
• Other pre-existing medical conditions or medications as determined by the investigators to affect the outcomes of interest

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Correlation between fitness level and metabolic health	A fitness test will be performed to determine peak oxygen uptake (VO2 peak, ml/kg per min). Correlations between peak VO2 and different markers of cardiometabolic health (IL-6, triglycerides, non-esterified fatty acids, glucose, insulin concentrations, etc.) will be determined. Other indicators of fitness level such as strength, flexibility and balance will be measured and correlations assessed.	June 2016-August 2018

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Correlation between home and neighborhood environments and fitness level	Home and neighborhood environments will be assessed via interviewer administered questionnaires. Scores obtained from these questionnaires will be correlated with peak oxygen consumption, strength, flexibility and balance scores.	June 2016-August 2018

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute
• Collaborators: USDA Beltsville Human Nutrition Research Center
• Investigators: Principal Investigator: Elisabet Borsheim, Ph.D., Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center and Arkansas Children's Research Institute

Publications and helpful links

Helpful Links

• Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center webpage

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): May 18, 2017
• Primary Completion (Actual): September 25, 2018
• Study Completion (Actual): September 25, 2018

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: June 28, 2017
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 14, 2017
• First Posted (Actual): July 18, 2017

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 3, 2023
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: June 29, 2023
• Last Verified: June 1, 2023

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Exercise; Children; Physical activity; Sedentary; Arkansas
• Other Study ID Numbers: 3092-51000-056-04A

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

• Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?: NO
• IPD Plan Description: Individual participant data will not be shared with researchers outside the study.

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No