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Summer Day Camps and Children's BMI

This study is looking at how different amounts of summer day camp participation affect children's Body Mass Index (BMI). Researchers want to understand if attending summer day camps can help prevent the increase in BMI that often happens during the summer months for children aged 5 to 12 years old. The study will involve children who are in kindergarten through 4th grade at partner schools and are eligible for free and reduced-price lunch. The main goal is to see how much a child's BMI changes from the start of summer, to the end of summer, and then again at the end of the following school year. This study is currently unclear about its recruitment status and plans to enroll 360 children.

Study design
This is an interventional study, meaning participants will receive a specific intervention. It aims to enroll 360 participants.
What's involved
Not specified in the trial record.
Compensation
Not stated in the trial record.
Follow-up
Participants will be followed for 12 months after the start of the summer, with BMI measured at the end of summer and the end of the following school year.

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NCT06158594

Determining the Optimal Amount of Structured Environments for Healthy Kids

Recruiting
PHASE2Ages 5–12InterventionalPrevention
University of South Carolina
~360 participants
Updated 2024-03-12 on ClinicalTrials.gov
What's tested:Summer day camp

At a glance

Recruiting sites
1 of 1 listed site is recruiting right now
RecruitingSuspended, closed, or not yet open
What they're measuring
Change in Body Mass Index
Measured over End of school year (0 months, start of summer), beginning of school year (3 months, end of summer) and end of following school year (12 months)

Conditions

Health Status Disparities
Pediatric Obesity
Ethnic Groups
Socioeconomic Factors

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Childhood Obesity

Where it's being run

1 sites across 1 states
South Carolina1

Who to contact

Robert Weaver
[email protected]
8037775605
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Eligibility criteria

Inclusion

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

Exclusion

Diagnosis of an intellectual disability, such as Down Syndrome, Fragile X, Fetal Alcohol
a physical disability, such as wheelchair use, that prevents the ability to ambulate without assistance.
Families who plan to enroll their children in a summer camp or relocate (i.e., move) during the 14-month period that they participate

What this trial measures

  • Change in Body Mass IndexEnd of school year (0 months, start of summer), beginning of school year (3 months, end of summer) and end of following school year (12 months)

    BMI translated into BMI z-scores based on Centers for Disease Control age-sex-specific zBMI growth charts