Increasing Low-income Children's Access to Healthy Structured Programming to Reduce Obesity

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Behavioral
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Phase 2
SUMMARY

Nearly one in five children are obese, and disparities in overweight and obesity between children from low- and middle-to-high-income households persist despite a multitude of school-based interventions. The structured days hypothesis posits that structure within a school day plays a protective role for children against obesogenic behaviors, and, ultimately, prevents the occurrence of excessive weight gain, thus, past school-based efforts are misplaced. This study will provide access to healthy structured programming via vouchers to afterschool programs and summer day camps during two windows of vulnerability (ie afterschool and summer) for low-income children.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 5
Maximum Age: 12
Healthy Volunteers: t
View:

• k-4th grader in a partner school

• eligible for free and reduced price lunch (a widely recognized indicator of

• socioeconomic level and poverty status)

• parent that indicates yes' on an informed consent document for participation in the study

Locations
United States
South Carolina
University of South Carolina
RECRUITING
Columbia
Contact Information
Primary
Robert Weaver
weaverrg@mailbox.sc.edu
8037775605
Time Frame
Start Date: 2024-03-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2028-08-31
Participants
Target number of participants: 480
Treatments
No_intervention: Control
does not attend afterschool or summer programing
Experimental: After school
Attends after school programming for 32 weeks during the school year
Experimental: Summer camp
Attends summer day camp programming for 8 weeks during the summer vacation from school
Experimental: After school and Summer Camp
Attends after school programming for 32 weeks during the school year and summer day camp programming for 8 weeks during the summer vacation from school
Related Therapeutic Areas
Sponsors
Leads: University of South Carolina

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