ObesitySNAPNCT00949637
Scouting Nutrition and Activity Program
A study testing Scouting Nutrition and Activity Program in people with Obesity, run by Kansas State University at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention designed to prevent obesity by improving the environmental characteristics of Girl Scouts troop meetings. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 8 to 12 years, women onlyHealthy volunteers can take part
- Conditions the study is for
- Obesity
- What is being tested?
- Scouting Nutrition and Activity Program
- Type of treatment
- Lifestyle or therapy programme
- Could I receive a placebo?
- No, everyone receives an active treatment
- How many people
- 76 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- Oct 2007to May 2008
- Phase
- Interventional
- Are there results?
- None posted in the registry
Key requirements
Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.
- Ages 8 to 12 years
- Women only
- Healthy volunteers accepted
- Child
Who may be able to join
- Girls had to be attending members of Girl Scouts in one of our included troops.
- The troop needed to be a registered Girl Scouts Juniors troop, consisting of girls primarily in the 4th and 5th grades.
- To be officially registered, the troop leaders were required to complete Girl Scout leader training and pass a criminal background check.
- To be included, the troops also needed to meet at least twice per month, have meeting facilities capable of allowing physical activity and food preparation.
- Also, troops needed to have initial agreement of leaders and parents for the troop to participate in a research study.
Who cannot join
- An inability to speak or read English.
- Troops not primarily composed of Girl Scouts Juniors, not regularly meeting during the study period, or not having leader and parental consensus approval for troop participation.
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
About this study
Official title: A Site-Randomized Controlled Trial for Health Promotion in Girl Scouts: Healthier Troops in a SNAP
The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention designed to prevent obesity by improving the environmental characteristics of Girl Scouts troop meetings.
Read the detailed description
Girls and parents affiliated with Girl Scouts Juniors programs completed a questionnaire prior to the beginning of an intervention program, and again after the program. Children responded to previously validated questionnaire items assessing demographics, parent-child connectedness, parent-child physical activity, screen time usage, family meal-time environment, consumption of fruits and vegetables, soda, and fast food. Parents completed a similar questionnaire, assessing demographics, parent-child connectedness, parent-child physical activity, family mealtime environment, parenting style and parenting practices. Children were also assessed on height and weight to characterize their risk for overweight status. Questionnaires and environmental observations were used to assess the effectiveness of an intervention designed to improve the family meal-time environment at home, as well as helping to assess the relationships between parental factors and family health-related behavior.
- Conditions
- Obesity
- Being tested
- Scouting Nutrition and Activity Program, Standard-care attentional control
- Keywords
- obesity prevention, girl scouts, physical activity, family meals, fruits and vegetables, health promotion
- Medical subject headings
- Obesity, Motor Activity
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
Scouting Nutrition and Activity ProgramBehavioural
Also called SNAP
Intervention group will receive a curriculum based on social cognitive theory, wherein children will be taught skills in a supportive environment to improve their self efficacy and proxy efficacy toward eating healthful meals and being physically active with a parent. Troop leaders and parents will provide support, and help girls to create healthy opportunities in the home environment. Simultaneously, girls will be taught skills to improve the family mealtime environment, to bolster asking skills toward healthy behavior, to self-monitor healthy behavior, and to set goals for healthy behavior.
Standard-care attentional controlBehavioural
Also called Control
Control troops complete usual troop meeting activities. Control troops receive equal observation time, equal pretest and posttest assessment, and equal study scrutiny.
| Study group | Role | What they receive |
|---|---|---|
| Scouting curricular implementation | Experimental | Intervention group will receive a curriculum based on social cognitive theory, wherein children will be taught skills in a supportive environment to improve their self efficacy and proxy efficacy toward eating healthful meals and being physically active with a parent. Troop leaders and parents will provide support, and help girls to create healthy opportunities in the home environment. Simultaneously, girls will be taught skills to improve the family mealtime environment, to bolster asking skills toward healthy behavior, to self-monitor healthy behavior, and to set goals for healthy behavior. Receives: Behavioral: Scouting Nutrition and Activity Program |
| Standard-care attentional control | Active comparator | Control troops complete usual troop meeting activities. Control troops receive equal observation time, equal pretest and posttest assessment, and equal study scrutiny. Receives: Behavioral: Standard-care attentional control |
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Body mass index percentile ranking
Measured: 5 months
Secondary outcomes (2)
Obesity-related behaviors
Measured: 5 months
Troop environmental encouragement and opportunities for healthful eating and physical activity
Measured: continuous
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted30 Jul 2009 (estimated)
- Study startOct 2007
- Primary completionMay 2008
- Study completionMay 2008
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Publications (1)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for ObesityStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Interventional
- Phase
- Phase N/A
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Enrolment
- 76 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Kansas State University
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- The Sunflower Foundation
- Responsible party
- Principal investigator, Richard R. Rosenkranz, Kansas State University
- Investigators
- Richard R. Rosenkranz, PhD, Principal investigator, Kansas State University
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00949637
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- SF SNAP y1
- Acronym
- SNAP
- Status last verified
- Mar 2017
- First submitted
- 21 Jul 2009
- Last updated
- 9 Mar 2017
- Results posted
- No
- Data monitoring committee
- No
Publications
Rosenkranz RR, Behrens TK, Dzewaltowski DA. A group-randomized controlled trial for health promotion in Girl Scouts: healthier troops in a SNAP (Scouting Nutrition & Activity Program). BMC Public Health. 2010 Feb 19;10:81. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-81.
PubMed 20170502
Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 9 Mar 2017. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- A Site-Randomized Controlled Trial for Health Promotion in Girl Scouts: Healthier Troops in a SNAP
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT00949637
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- SNAP / SF SNAP y1
- Conditions
- Obesity
- Keywords
- obesity prevention, girl scouts, physical activity, family meals, fruits and vegetables, health promotion
- Study type
- Interventional
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 76 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Kansas State UniversityUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- The Sunflower Foundation
- Study start
- Oct 2007
- Primary completion
- May 2008 (actual)
- Study completion
- May 2008 (actual)
- First posted
- 30 Jul 2009 (estimated)
- Results
- Not posted in the source record
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
The purpose of the study was to evaluate the effectiveness of an intervention designed to prevent obesity by improving the environmental characteristics of Girl Scouts troop meetings.
Detailed description
Girls and parents affiliated with Girl Scouts Juniors programs completed a questionnaire prior to the beginning of an intervention program, and again after the program. Children responded to previously validated questionnaire items assessing demographics, parent-child connectedness, parent-child physical activity, screen time usage, family meal-time environment, consumption of fruits and vegetables, soda, and fast food. Parents completed a similar questionnaire, assessing demographics, parent-child connectedness, parent-child physical activity, family mealtime environment, parenting style and parenting practices. Children were also assessed on height and weight to characterize their risk for overweight status. Questionnaires and environmental observations were used to assess the effectiveness of an intervention designed to improve the family meal-time environment at home, as well as helping to assess the relationships between parental factors and family health-related behavior.
Study design
- Primary purpose
- Prevention
- Allocation
- Randomised
- Intervention model
- Parallel groups
- Masking
- None (open label)
- Number of arms
- 2
| Arm | Type | Receives |
|---|---|---|
| Scouting curricular implementation | Experimental | Behavioral: Scouting Nutrition and Activity ProgramIntervention group will receive a curriculum based on social cognitive theory, wherein children will be taught skills in a supportive environment to improve their self efficacy and proxy efficacy toward eating healthful meals and being physically active with a parent. Troop leaders and parents will provide support, and help girls to create healthy opportunities in the home environment. Simultaneously, girls will be taught skills to improve the family mealtime environment, to bolster asking skills toward healthy behavior, to self-monitor healthy behavior, and to set goals for healthy behavior. |
| Standard-care attentional control | Active comparator | Behavioral: Standard-care attentional controlControl troops complete usual troop meeting activities. Control troops receive equal observation time, equal pretest and posttest assessment, and equal study scrutiny. |
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 8 to 12 years
- Sex
- Female only
- Healthy volunteers
- Accepted
- Age groups
- Child
Key inclusion criteria (5 listed)
- Girls had to be attending members of Girl Scouts in one of our included troops.
- The troop needed to be a registered Girl Scouts Juniors troop, consisting of girls primarily in the 4th and 5th grades.
- To be officially registered, the troop leaders were required to complete Girl Scout leader training and pass a criminal background check.
- To be included, the troops also needed to meet at least twice per month, have meeting facilities capable of allowing physical activity and food preparation.
- Also, troops needed to have initial agreement of leaders and parents for the troop to participate in a research study.
Key exclusion criteria (2 listed)
- An inability to speak or read English.
- Troops not primarily composed of Girl Scouts Juniors, not regularly meeting during the study period, or not having leader and parental consensus approval for troop participation.
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| Scouting Nutrition and Activity ProgramAlso: SNAPIntervention group will receive a curriculum based on social cognitive theory, wherein children will be taught skills in a supportive environment to improve their self efficacy and proxy efficacy toward eating healthful meals and being physically active with a parent. Troop leaders and parents will provide support, and help girls to create healthy opportunities in the home environment. Simultaneously, girls will be taught skills to improve the family mealtime environment, to bolster asking skills toward healthy behavior, to self-monitor healthy behavior, and to set goals for healthy behavior. | Behavioural | Scouting curricular implementation |
| Standard-care attentional controlAlso: ControlControl troops complete usual troop meeting activities. Control troops receive equal observation time, equal pretest and posttest assessment, and equal study scrutiny. | Behavioural | Standard-care attentional control |
Primary outcome
Body mass index percentile ranking
Time frame: 5 months
2 secondary outcomes
Obesity-related behaviors
Time frame: 5 months
Troop environmental encouragement and opportunities for healthful eating and physical activity
Time frame: continuous
Results and safety
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 9 Mar 2017.
- Results publication: PubMed 20170502Rosenkranz RR, Behrens TK, Dzewaltowski DA. A group-randomized controlled trial for health promotion in Girl Scouts: healthier troops in a SNAP (Scouting Nutrition & Activity Program). BMC Public Health. 2010 Feb 19;10:81. doi: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-81.
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Richard R. Rosenkranz, PhD principal investigator
Kansas State University
1 site in 1 country: see every site and its status.
Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
A study testing Scouting Nutrition and Activity Program in people with Obesity, run by Kansas State University at 1 site in United States.
The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.
Who may be eligible to take part?
The sponsor lists 5 inclusion and 2 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.
Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?
The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 9 Mar 2017. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.
What are the possible benefits and risks?
They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.
Are results available for this study?
The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.
How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?
The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.
What does the primary outcome measure?
Body mass index percentile ranking (time frame: 5 months). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.
Where can I read the original study information?
On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00949637, which also lists 1 linked publication.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.
How often is this information updated?
AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 9 Mar 2017.